The first oceangoing vessel of 2020 to arrive in the Port of Duluth-Superior is loading 23,000 short tons of durum wheat destined for Italy.

The Federal Churchill, a 656-foot ice-class bulk carrier owned by Montréal-based Fednav, recently made the season’s first full transit of the St. Lawrence Seaway and docked at the Riverland Ag terminal. Riverland is owned by Minnesota-based Ceres Global Ag Corp., an agricultural grain storage and supply business with 14 grain storage facilities in North Dakota, Minnesota Wyoming, New York, Wisconsin and Ontario.

Located 2,342 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, the Port of Duluth Superior is Mid-America’s gateway to the world. Approximately 800 vessels and 35 million short tons of cargo move through the Port of Duluth-Superior each year, making it the Great Lakes’ largest tonnage port and one of the nation’s Top 20. The Port supports 8,000 jobs and contributes $1.4 billion in business revenue to the regional economy.

“It’s amazing that even in an international pandemic, the Port Authority and their partners are still hard at work helping to ship important products across the world,” says Duluth Mayor Emily Larson.

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