Final Thoughts
July 13, 2015
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
I am scheduled to be in Two Harbors, Minnesota on July 27th. I anticipate touring an iron ore mine prior to boarding the M/V James R Barker along with Interlake Steamship Company Vice President, Brendan O’Conner. Once the vessel self loads approximately 58,000 tons of iron ore pellets we will move across Lake Superior, through the Sault Locks on our way to Lake Michigan. We will travel down the length of Lake Michigan to ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor plant where the vessel will unload its cargo. The voyage is expected to take 3 days during which I will be reporting from the deck (or cabin) of the ship and answering your questions and reporting about the ship, crew, Jones Act, pellets (vs. iron ore fines) and where is the Edmund Fitzgerald if time permits…
You can follow my travels in various ways – I will be writing articles for the Thursday, July 30th edition of our newsletter. I will also be writing blog posts which can be read on our website: www.SteelMarketUpdate.com and I will be sending out Tweets from our company Twitter account #SMUsteel. If I have time I may post one or two articles on LinkedIn or our company facebook account. You won’t need to be a subscriber to follow along.
