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Barker Arrival 1
Starting off 2020 with one of my favorite boats, Interlake Steamship Company's James R. Barker as it arrives in Duluth. After morning thundershowers, skies turned bright and sunny this afternoon in time for the Barker's arrival. I picked a good spot on the pier as they began their master salute right in front of me and the Barker's dual note horns shook me to the core. The south pier was also lined with many fisherman as the annual smelt run is on and I saw at least one good looking fish come over the wall. It was scheduled to load 60,000 tons of UTac Mustang pellets to CN Dock 6 to feed blast furnace #7 at Indiana Harbor, but due to the sharp downturn in steel production, it went into temporary layup at the MERC dock.
Barker Arrival 1
Starting off 2020 with one of my favorite boats, Interlake Steamship Company's James R. Barker as it arrives in Duluth. After morning thundershowers, skies turned bright and sunny this afternoon in time for the Barker's arrival. I picked a good spot on the pier as they began their master salute right in front of me and the Barker's dual note horns shook me to the core. The south pier was also lined with many fisherman as the annual smelt run is on and I saw at least one good looking fish come over the wall. It was scheduled to load 60,000 tons of UTac Mustang pellets to CN Dock 6 to feed blast furnace #7 at Indiana Harbor, but due to the sharp downturn in steel production, it went into temporary layup at the MERC dock.