Lake Superior Ports – October 21

October 21, 2026

Duluth-Superor Harbor

  • Spliethoff’s Muntgracht arrived in Duluth around 16:50 central Tuesday evening carrying general cargo from Italy. On the Superior side, Stewart J. Cort arrived at 21:00 to load iron ore pellets at BN Dock 5. As of Tuesday night, Muntgracht was unloading at Port Terminal #8 and Cort was loading at BN in Superior. American Integrity is expected early Wednesday morning to load iron ore pellets at CN Dock 6. Stewart J Cort will be departing sometime Wednesday afternoon.

Two Harbors

  • Two Harbors was busy Tuesday with three vessels coming and going. American Spirit arrived at 05:32 central and departed at 15:40 with Minntac flux iron ore pellets bound for Gary. Indiana Harbor arrived at 21:45 Tuesday evening to load at the shiploader; Presque Isle arrived a few hours later at 23:41 to wait for their turn at the shiploader. Indiana Harbor should depart sometime Wednesday morning.

Silver Bay

  • Burns Harbor arrived in Silver Bay at 16:15 central Tuesday afternoon to load iron ore pellets at Northshore Mining. They continued to load Tuesday evening and should be departing sometime Wednesday.

Thunder Bay

  • Tuesday was a busy day for ship traffic in Thunder Bay. Federal Michigan arrived at 00:58 eastern, Kaministiqua arrived at 11:36, Algoma Discovery departed at 13:22 with grain bound for Baie Comeau, Algoma Innovator departed at 15:14 with grain for Hamilton, Blair McKeil departed at 15:27 with grain for Windsor, CSL Welland arrived at 15:48 to load grain, Rodopi arrived at 16:22 to also load grain, and finally Federal Hamilton arrived at 19:14 to load grain.

  • As of Tuesday night, Rodopi was loading at Cargill’s Superior Elevator, Koznitza was loading at MobilEx, Federal Michigan was loading at Thunder Bay Terminals, CSL Welland was loading at Bunge’s Pool 7A, Federal Hamilton was loading at Richardson Main and Kaministiqua was loading at Current River. Baie St. Paul is due Thursday morning.

Marquette

  • John G. Munson was the only vessel in Marquette Tuesday, arriving at 14:02 and departing at 21:51 with iron ore pellets for Toledo. Joseph L. Block is due in port early Thursday morning.

Scott Bjorklund

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Lake Superior Report Oct 21 2026

Duluth-Superior Harbor American Integrity arrived in Duluth at 03:35 central Wednesday morning for CN Dock 6. As of Wednesday night, American Integrity was loading at CN, Muntgracht was still unloading at Port Terminal #8 and Stewart J. Cort was still at BN Dock 5. The Integrity is expected to depart sometime early Thursday with iron ore pellets for Cleveland; Stewart J Cort should also be...

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