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The lift span on Duluth's landmark Aerial Lift Bridge starts its descent after the USCGC Alder enters the harbor after accompanying CSL's RT. Hon. Paul J. Martin to Thunder Bay.
The Martin is loaded with Hibtac pellets from BNSF 5 and will winter in T-Bay before taking its ore load to Nanticoke, Ontario. I'm guessing this is one of the few times, if ever, Thunder Bay has hosted a vessel loaded with iron ore since CN ceased shipping ore through its gravity dock there in 1980.
This should be the last full lift for the bridge in the 2016-17 shipping season. The Soo Locks open March 25 and ships will begin to position for loading a few days prior to that.
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The lift span on Duluth's landmark Aerial Lift Bridge starts its descent after the USCGC Alder enters the harbor after accompanying CSL's RT. Hon. Paul J. Martin to Thunder Bay.
The Martin is loaded with Hibtac pellets from BNSF 5 and will winter in T-Bay before taking its ore load to Nanticoke, Ontario. I'm guessing this is one of the few times, if ever, Thunder Bay has hosted a vessel loaded with iron ore since CN ceased shipping ore through its gravity dock there in 1980.
This should be the last full lift for the bridge in the 2016-17 shipping season. The Soo Locks open March 25 and ships will begin to position for loading a few days prior to that.