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September 1, 2015 |
Shippers: Baltimore, Duluth
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The Port of Baltimore recently began receiving Under Armour imported goods from Asia via a new container service operated by Evergreen Marine Corporation. The Baltimore-based sports apparel company will ship approximately 800 containers a year through its hometown port.
"The Port of Baltimore’s continued emergence as a top U.S. port is an exciting development for our hometown, and Under Armour is proud to utilize it as our primary supply hub," said Under Armour COO Dickerson. "We look forward to expanding our commitment to Baltimore and to playing a role in fueling growth in our region."
Evergreen calls at Seagirt Marine Terminal, Baltimore’s primary container facility, which includes a 50-foot berth and 11 ship-to-shore gantry cranes, four of them super Post-Panamaxers.
Baltimore’s container trade had a record year in 2014 and appears headed for another, with TEU volume for January through July up 10.8 percent from a year ago.
Wind Power Equipment for ALLETE Clean Energy’s Thunder Spirit Project Unloaded at Port of Duluth
A general cargo ship from Europe loaded with wind equipment for a North Dakota renewable energy project under construction by ALLETE Clean Energy (ACE) unloaded its cargo last week at the Duluth Seaway Port Authority’s Clure Public Marine Terminal in the Port of Duluth/Superior.
ACE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duluth-based ALLETE, is building the 107-megawatt Thunder Spirit wind farm near Hettinger (ND) using 43 turbines. When completed, the project will be sold to Montana-Dakota Utilities, which will operate the facility for use by its utility customers. The wind farm will be able to supply more than 39,000 local homes with electricity. The project has an estimated cost of approximately $200 million.
"This is the first project our company has developed and built from the ground up, and we are pleased to be located in close proximity to where this new high-tech equipment will be unloaded," said Eric Norberg, president of ACE, which is located in downtown Duluth. "The Thunder Spirit project is rapidly taking shape at a location with premium wind conditions."
The HHL Tyne carried 31 wind turbine blades and nacelle sets from the Port of Castellón on Spain’s Mediterranean coast via the Straits of Gibraltar, the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway system to Duluth. It was the fifth of seven shipments of Nordex wind equipment this summer for ACE’s project to be offloaded at the Port of Duluth and transported by truck to western North Dakota. Construction of the project is expected to be completed in December 2015.
"Partnering with ALLETE Clean Energy to move a total of seven shipments of heavy lift and dimensional wind cargoes through the Port of Duluth this year demonstrates their commitment to clean energy," said Vanta Coda, executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. "They managed to minimize overland carriage and capitalize on the efficiencies of waterborne transport via the Great Lakes-Seaway system."
A truck carrying a wind turbine blade discharged from HHL Tyne at the Duluth Seaway Port Authority’s Clure Public Marine Terminal ready to depart for the Thunder Spirit wind farm construction site some 590 miles away in Hettinger (ND).
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