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Captian Jason Church shared another incredible video of his ship, Thunder Bay, entering the Duluth Harbor.

Earlier this morning (March 22nd), The Twin Ports saw the first freighter Depart Duluth of the 2017 season. The Roger Blough is a Great Lakes bulk carrier and is expected to land in Two Harbors to load iron ore pellets. Check out the video below.

If you've noticed this ship anchored just outside the Duluth Harbor for a few days with smaller vessels coming and going from time to time, you're not alone.

If you enjoy visiting Park Point, but don't like being held up by a ship that has the bridge raised up; here are some handy tools to avoid being "bridged".

At around noon on Monday (April 13), the Twin Ports welcomed the first ocean-going ship into the harbor for the 2015 shipping season.

The shipping season is underway for Duluth, having already seen some early regional traffic out of the harbor. While some 'lakers' are already making their way around the Great Lakes, the first ocean-going 'saltie' of the year has yet to traverse the seaway and enter the Twin Ports. When will the first saltie of the year arrive? Your guess could earn you a prize!

As part of an annual fundraising endeavor, the Lake Superior Maritime Museum Association is offering the chance to win a Lake Superior cruise aboard the 1,000 foot ore boat Edwin H. Gott.

The 453 foot Antigua ship "Diana" was destined to be the first "saltie" to enter the Duluth Harbor for the 2014 shipping season. Her entry, like much of the shipping season, has been delayed due to ice.

While training for Grandma's Half Marathon (which has been very difficult with the snow we've gotten so late in the Spring), we park in the Canal and run across the Aerial Lift Bridge and down the Point all the time.  It never occurred to me that there could be potential danger lurking above me, other than from the pigeons.  I'm still planning on using one of our City's icons, but we'll definitel