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About this visit:

The Anderson arrived Duluth April 20, 2024 at 05:17 in the morning. Lucky for me they stopped at Port Terminal for some service work on a Winch. They arrived at Port Terminal 06:00 and got to work on the repair. They Finished the repairing on the winch motor and departed Port Terminal at 10:3. They arrived at the C Reiss dock at 12:01 and began discharging their cargo of limestone from Calcite MI. They departed the C Reiss dock at 18:36, heading down river to depart Duluth, which they did at 20:06. They departed in Ballast (Light) heading to CN Two Harbors to load "Minorca"Iron Ore . FYI, they arrived Two Harbors at 21:51 and began loading the ore. They finished loading and departed CN Two Harbors April 21, 2024 at 06:48, heading to Indiana Harbor.

Info from Keyship.com

S/S Arthur M. Anderson
Built by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH, as hull #868, the Anderson was launched Feb. 16, 1952 for the Pittsburgh Steamship Div., U.S. Steel Corp., in Cleveland, OH. The ship was named after Arthur Marvin Anderson, who was a director of the United States Steel Corp., a member of its finance committee and vice chairman of the J. P. Morgan and Co. at the time of the launch.
Did You Know?
The Arthur M. Anderson was the last vessel to have had visual, radio and radar contact with the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The Arthur M. Anderson was lengthened by 120 feet in 1975, increasing her capacity to 26,525 tons.
The Arthur M. Anderson was one of the vessels that participated in the U.S. government's demonstration program in the experimental extension of the navigation season to a full 12 months during the winters of 1974/75 and 1975/76.
To read more about the Arthur Anderson, visit BoatNerd.com.
Length 767'
Beam 70'
Depth 36'
Engine 7,700 hp
Cargo Capacity 25,300 GT
Boom 262' Pivot Deck