On March 23, 2015 the Duluth shipping season started with the departure of the "John G. Munson." The Duluth Seaway Authority's Adele Yorde says last year's demand for iron ore doesn't exist to the same degree this year as last, but the Port Authority's general cargo port will be plenty busy with cargo for the wind farm, oil and gas industries.
4/1 Duluth's shipping season begins
![The John G. Munson departing Duluth on March 23, 2015 at 5:29 pm. She came in for winter layup on January 20, 2015 and spent the last two months at Fraser Shipyards in Superior. She came out of the shipyard and went to the Canadian National (CN) dock in W](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/55d5025/2147483647/strip/true/crop/484x192+0+0/resize/880x349!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkumd%2Ffiles%2F201504%2F2015_0323_49a_thumb_1.jpg)
Kenneth Newhams
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Duluth Shipping News