Recent arrivals at Port of Green Bay consist of the 1942-built SS Alpena, the earliest functional Great Lakes bulker, with a freight of concrete. Photograph by Chuck Zentmeyer
With virtually 207,000 lots of freight relocated right into and also out of the Port of Green Bay, Wis., in November, complete tonnage has actually currently covered the port’s objective of 2 million bunches (2,081,962 bunches) for the delivery period. Year- to-date tonnage is running 9% in advance of the overall from completion of November in 2018.
“Two million tons is the benchmark for a successful shipping season for the Port of Green Bay,” stated Dean Haen, Port ofGreen Bay Director “Hitting that mark at the end of November is great news with several weeks of shipping remaining before the season closes. We’re still optimistic that we’ll reach 2.3 million tons for this season.”
More than 680,000 lots of sedimentary rock was imported in November, with residential imports of sedimentary rock exceeding in 2015 by 23%. Foreign salt imports were additionally solid in November at 290,000 bunches; 60% more than year-to-date international salt imports from in 2015. Foreign exports of oil items have actually additionally been solid in 2019, up 125% from the exact same amount of time in 2018.
An overall of 15 vessels relocated right into and also out of the Port of Green Bay inNovember
In the period so far, 161 ships have actually checked out the port; 2 much less than a year back right now of year.
As the western-most port of Lake Michigan, the Port of Green Bay provides a straight path for delivery from the Midwest to the remainder of the globe. The Port of Green Bay has 14 energetic incurable drivers situated along 3 miles of the Fox River
