Shipping

Around the Circle This Week: November 19, 2021

Over the Top: Photographer Paul Sundberg up in Grand Marais, Minn., documented a storm on Minnesota’s North Shore on Nov. 11. Says Paul in his Photo of the Week...

Around the Circle This Week: November 12, 2021

Through the Sky Darkly: With lots more hours of night, we have many more opportunities to wonder at the night sky. Dark Sky projects and celebrations have cropped up...

Around the Circle This Week: April 12, 2019

Stormy Weather: Winds and snow pummeled northeastern Minnesota Thursday into this morning with Hill City, about 85 miles west/northwest of Duluth, winning the regional...

Around the Circle This Week: April 5, 2019

Cut Ribbon? Check: The new hospital in Marquette got one step closer to officially opening for patients in early June, when the community celebrated with a ribbon...

The "Arthur M. Anderson" (©James Stemwedel)

The SS Arthur M. Anderson

SS Arthur M. Anderson is a cargo ship of the laker type. It is famous for being the last ship to be in contact with SS Edmund Fitzgerald before Fitzgerald sank...

Tug Boat "North Carolina" breaking ice as the Kaye E. Barker began her journey to the Soo Locks

Shipping Begins!

  James Stemwedel is a Senior Surveyor with American Bureau of Shipping, Duluth/Superior, and a former ship captain.

Around the Circle This Week: March 29, 2019

Ice Breaker: The Canadian Coast Guard decided ice breaking was a great ice breaker to encourage new recruits. According to a story by CBC News, the CCG is using a video...

Spring Ice Breaking

Photojournalist Derek Montgomery and MPR News bring amazing images of the annual breaking of the ice on the Duluth Harbor. Click here for the full MPR Story and more...

First Vessel Clears Soo Locks

Steward J. Cort Opens Shipping Season The first vessel of the 2019 maritime shipping season passed through the Soo Locks this morning at 12:01 a.m. – the official...

First Vessel Leaves Port for 2019 Season

At 12:12 p.m. Friday, the Kaye E. Barker, operated by the Interlake Steamship Co., became the first laker to pass under the Aerial Lift Bridge and depart the Port of...