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The first “saltie” of the 2024 Great Lakes shipping season entered the Port of Duluth-Superior on Monday,<\/p>\n
Oceangoing vessels that visit the Great Lakes are called “salties”.<\/p>\n
This year, the first to call the Port of Duluth-Superior is the Portuguese-flagged Barbro G, a 623-foot bulk carrier operated by Sweden\u2019s Brochart KB, which completed the season\u2019s first full transit of the St. Lawrence Seaway en route to the Great Lakes\u2019 westernmost port.<\/p>\n
By tradition, this first full transit from the Atlantic Ocean marks the annual opening of the Duluth-Superior Harbor, although the interlake navigation season began with the Poe Lock opening on March 22.<\/p>\n
After arriving under Duluth\u2019s Aerial Lift Bridge at 11:44 a.m., Barbro G sailed to the Ceres\/Riverland Ag terminal on Rice\u2019s Point to load approximately 22,000 short tons of durum wheat destined for Algeria.<\/p>\n
Colley Motorships (Montr\u00e9al) and Guthrie-Hubner Inc. (Duluth-Superior) are the vessel agents for Barbro G, which is captained by Borys Smyrnov of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite our recent snowstorm, arrival of the season\u2019s first full Seaway transit is a true sign of spring and a reminder of the economic impact these great ships help deliver to our region,\u201d said Deb DeLuca, executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Barbro G and share our Midwestern wheat cargo with the world via the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System.\u201d<\/p>\n
The latest arrival of the Port of Duluth-Superior\u2019s first saltie was May 7, 2014 (Diana). The earliest was March 28, 2023 (Federal Dart). Only once previously has the season\u2019s first saltie arrived on April Fools\u2019 Day: April 1, 1995 (Argosy). It was, at the time, the port\u2019s earliest-arriving oceangoing vessel ever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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