The lake ice is mostly gone, with no need for icebreaking to open the shipping season this year. The first outbound ship from Duluth is on its way across the lake for the March 25 planned Soo Locks opening.
Excerpt: With a load of coal bound for Michigan, the Mesabi Miner left Duluth-Superior on Friday to kick off the port's 2012 shipping season.
The Miner wintered at Midwest Energy Resources' coal terminal in Superior, Wis., and was to make three deliveries on Lake Superior before the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., open March 25, allowing vessels to pass to and from the lower Great Lakes.
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Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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