Noteworthy Passages

Lake Superior Ports – September 30

October 1, 2026

Duluth-Superior Harbor

  • The only traffic Wednesday took place in Superior entry with CSL St. Laurent arriving at 01:05 central to load Keetac iron ore pellets at BN Dock 5; they departed at 12:20 for Quebec City. On the Duluth side, BBC Basel continued to unload general cargo at Port Terminal #9 through the day Wednesday. John G. Munson’s limestone delivery was postponed, so Duluth won’t see vessel movements for a few days. At the Superior entry, Paul R. Tregurtha is expected to arrive Thursday night to load Hibtac iron ore pellets at BN for Indiana Harbor.

Two Harbors

  • Presque Isle was finally able to depart Wednesday morning at 05:20 with Minntac acid pellets for Nanticoke after the dock experienced some loading issues. Two Harbors was empty for most of Wednesday, but this is expected to change with American Century’s arrival there in the evening.

Silver Bay

  •  Silver Bay was quiet all of Wednesday. Walter J. McCarthy Jr. is the next expected arrival; they are scheduled for Sunday morning.

Thunder Bay

  • It was a lively day for ship traffic at the Canadian head of the lakes. Maltese-flagged Slavyanka arrived at 09:03 eastern Wednesday morning to load at MobilEx. Whitefish Bay arrived at 18:12 to load at Pool 7A (Bunge) and Ontario Venture arrived around 21:40 to load at Pool 7B on the other side. In the midst of those arrivals, Puna departed at 19:24 with potash for an overseas destination.

  • As of Wednesday night, Algoma Conveyor was finishing loading at the Superior Elevator, Slavyanka was loading at MobilEx, Whitefish Bay was loading at Pool 7A, Ontario Venture was loading at Pool 7B, Noelle G. was at anchor and Algoma Sault was also at anchor. Algoma Conveyor is expected to depart either Wednesday night or early Thursday morning with grain, and Algoma Sault is expected to take its place. Algoma Endeavour is expected to arrive Thursday morning while Whitefish Bay and Ontario Venture should depart late Thursday or early Friday.

Marquette

  • Interlake classic Lee A. Tregurtha was the only laker in port Wednesday loading iron ore pellets; they arrived at 05:15 eastern and departed for Indiana Harbor at 14:20. American Spirit is expected to arrive October 2nd or 3rd to load iron ore pellets.

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