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The one-year-old Munteborg
arrived Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, to deliver 1,013 metric tons
of woodpulp from two mills in Sweden.
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Lake Superior Warehousing Co.,
Inc., cargo operator at the Clure Public Marine Terminal, began
unloading operations at 8 a.m. today. The receiver is Cellmark,
Inc. This is the first time Lake Superior Warehousing has handled
this type of cargo.
The Munteborg will move to Duluth's
General Mills elevator at approximately 10 p.m. today. She will
be loading 8,100 metric tons of beet pulp pellets destined for
Locruna, Spain. She is expected to depart tomorrow evening (Oct.
13).
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| The 440-foot general cargo vessel,
commanded by Capt. Menno J. Van Der Groen, will celebrate her
first full year of operation tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 12). On her
second visit to this Port, she loaded beet pulp pellets for Ireland
late in the season last year. She has an 11-member crew and employs
the latest technology in sonar, radar and computer controls. |
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| The Munteborg is one of several
new vessels recently ordered by Wagenborg Shipping, Delfzijl,
Netherlands. The company has expanded its service into the Western
Hemisphere, the Middle East and Asia, with more than a dozen new
8,700-ton-range ships being delivered to Wagenborg's fleet by
the end of 2000 from the Shipyard Bodewes "Volharding."
Her sisters Vechtborg, Munteborg, Egbert Wagenborg, Markborg and
Dintelborg have also made trips to this Port. |
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| The Munteborg was built by Scheepswerf
Bijlsma B.V. Lemmer and associated yards of the Conoship Group,
Netherlands. Local agent for the vessel is Guthrie-Hubner, Inc. |
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for
more information, contact:
Lake Superior Warehousing Co., Inc
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Jonathan
Lamb, Vice President & 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
©
2009 Lake Superior Warehousing Co., Inc.
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