Published January 20, 2013, 11:49 AM
-- It was a below-average year for Great Lakes freighters in 2012.
Lake Superior shipping numbers remain below average
Regional News-- It was a below-average year for Great Lakes freighters in 2012.
- BNSF Ore Docks on Allouez Bay, Superior
BNSF's former GN and NP ore docks both past and present. The dock at the bottom of the photo in the former NP ore dock, long since out of service. Next are the former GN docks currently inactive. And the silo dock at the top is currently the only pellet loading ship facility used by the BNSF. Photo by Scott Carney. (From website: http://duluthsuperior.railfan.net/railroad_yards_of_the_twin_ports.htm)
DULUTH/SUPERIOR - It was a below-average year for Great Lakes freighters in 2012.
The Lake Carriers’ Association reports the U.S.-flag ships working on the Great Lakes carrying 89 and a half million tons of dry-bulk cargo, down 4.6 percent from the year before. That figure is also below the five-year average. Iron shipments were off 4.3 percent and coal shipments fell to 17.6 million tons, well below the average of 22 and a half million.
Experts blame the drop-off, at least in part, to the phasing out of Canadian coal-fired electric plants.
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