shipping

The 453 foot Antigua ship "Diana" was destined to be the first "saltie" to enter the Duluth Harbor for the 2014 shipping season. Her entry, like much of the shipping season, has been delayed due to ice.

While training for Grandma's Half Marathon (which has been very difficult with the snow we've gotten so late in the Spring), we park in the Canal and run across the Aerial Lift Bridge and down the Point all the time.  It never occurred to me that there could be potential danger lurking above me, other than from the pigeons.  I'm still planning on using one of our City's icons, but we'll definitel

And you thought the cold temperatures and snow meant winter;  One of the Twin Ports SURE signs that we're in the winter season arrives in town today - as the John G Munson slowly slides into the Port of Duluth-Superior - marking the last arriving ship of the season.

Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge was lit up pink to draw attention to the breast cancer cause. Now you might see some more colors to raise awareness and make the bridge a large speaker for causes.

Incorporated in 1857, Duluth is the fourth largest city in Minnesota. Along with shipping, tourism is one of the major industries. Whether you live in Duluth...visit Duluth....or just love Duluth, here are some "little known facts" about one-half of the Twin Ports...

This is a sure sign that Spring is here to stay. The first oceangoing vessel of the 2011 shipping season arrived in the Port of Duluth-Superior this morning. The Cyprus-flagged Federal Leda (Lee-da) sailed beneath the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge at 7:10 a.m. Her arrival marked the first saltwater vessel (“saltie”) into the Twin Ports this year to have transited the Great Lake St. Lawrence Seaway