Shipping and Logistics

January 7, 2018
Ore Delayed by Weather on Great Lakes
Written by Sandy Williams
With less than two weeks left in the Great Lakes shipping season, the deep freeze hitting the U.S. has caused havoc for lake freighters trying to load and unload iron ore at ports.
The shipping season is scheduled to end with the closing of the Soo Locks on Jan. 15 at Sault Ste. Marie, but an estimated 1.5 million tons of iron ore pellets still need to make the trip from Minnesota to ports lower on the lakes. Not only are freighters dealing with freezing waters and gale winds, equipment used for loading iron ore is freezing up.


