Tonnage rates rise in Duluth as US port emerges from recessionPost by Cameron Davidson on 31st August 2010 in Shipping Duluth Seaway Port in Minnesota has announced it expects
2010 freight volumes to be up by as much as 30 per cent on the previous year.
According to Duluth News Tribune the port expects total tonnage
volume for the year to be up by between 20 and 30 per cent on 2009. During the six
months to July 31, total tonnage shipped was 16.6m short tons, up 14 per cent
on last year.
Adolph Ojard, executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port,
said: “We continue to see improvement across all types of cargo.
“We’re looking at definite signs of a recovering economy and
we’re moving significant tonnage increases. When you’re up 20 to 25 percent,
those are big improvements over the previous year.”
The increases are tempered by the fact 2009 was one of the
worst periods for shipping in the port’s history, with total tonnage shipped
down by 32 per cent.
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