The Marlene Green arrived Duluth on June 29th, 2008 at 10:53 am.
The tug Margot and barge Lockwood 1000 sit at the Port Terminal on Wednesday night, June 25th, 2008. The next day, the cargo on the barge was discharged. (more)
The BBC Elbe arrived in Duluth on Thursday morning June 19th, 2008, with a cargo of wind turbine parts. Above, she is backing into the slip at the Port Terminal where she began discharging her cargo very soon after arriving. (more)
The BBC Ontario came into port on June 13th. Longshoremen at Lake Superior Warehousing began discharging 11 component sets (minus blades) of Siemens wind turbines loaded in Denmark the next day. (more)
The Liamare discharged a cargo of wind turbine parts built by Gamesa in Spain on June 2nd, 2008. (more)
A nacelle is lifted from the cargo hold of the Asiaborg onto a truck on Friday evening, May 10th, 2008. (more)
The BBC Zarate brought the first cargo to Lake Superior Warehousing Co, Inc for the 2008 season. She came under the Lift Bridge at 6:13 in the morning and is seen above approaching the ship at the Port Terminal. Cargo discharge began at 8 am. (more)

The Beluga Energy (left) and the BBC Ontario (right) closed out Lake Superior Warehousing's 2007 cargo ship activity. The Beluga Energy discharged wind turbine pieces from Spain. They will be taken by truck to North Dakota. The BBC Ontario arrived Duluth on December 1st to first load beet pulp pellets and then wind turbine blades, both cargos coming to Duluth from North Dakota. Both cargos were taken to Spain. More on the Beluga Energy. More on the BBC Ontario.

On Sunday, August 12, 2007, the last wind turbine blades were placed on the Beluga Expectation. She left later that day for Spain. Above, a trailer truck from B & K Trucking of Marathon, Wisconsin is ready to back one of the 25 blades next to the ship. It was loaded onto a lower deck; five blades were later loaded onto the weather deck.
Longshoremen at Lake Superior Warehousing work to load a nacelle from the S.Pacific onto a waiting trailer on Friday evening, June 22, 2007.
Mid-America's Gateway to the World, Minnesota's World Port has heavy lift capabilities of 81 metric tonnes per crane (approximately 125 metric tonnes in tandem). 

The Clure Public Marine Terminal lies inside one of the greatest natural harbors in the world.

There are seven berths available (6,600 lineal feet of dock space) at full Seaway draft (8.23 meters = 27 feet). 

Generous clearances allow truck and rail transport of "high~wide" shipments to or from points throughout North America.

Four railroads (BN, CN, CP and the UP), an interstate highway system, and a score of motor carriers make the Port of Duluth an energetic transportation center in the heart of North America.

for more information, contact:
Lake Superior Warehousing Co., Inc.

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Gary Nicholson, President
gary.nicholson@lswci.com

Jonathan Lamb, General Manager
jonathan.lamb@lswci.com

Jason Paulson, Operations Manager
jason.paulson@lswci.com

Denise McDougall, Warehouse Coordinator
Denise.McDougall@lswci.com

Ruth Delich, Office Assistant
Ruth.Delich@lswci.com

Brian Granholm, Jr., Logistics Coordinator
Brian.Granholm@lswci.com

1210 Port Terminal Drive
Duluth, Mn 55802
(218) 727-6646
Fax: (218) 727-6649

© 2008 Lake Superior Warehousing Co., Inc.

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