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DULUTH — The first oceangoing vessel of the 2022-23 shipping season is scheduled to arrive Wednesday morning into the port of Duluth-Superior.
Resko, a 624-foot bulk carrier, will be the first to complete the full transit of the St. Lawrence Seaway en route to the Great Lakes’ westernmost port, the Duluth Seaway Port Authority said in a news release Monday.
Upon arrival through the Duluth Ship Canal, Resko will visit Superior’s Gavilon Grain Connors Point Terminal to load approximately 16,200 short tons of spring wheat and 5,400 short tons of durum wheat destined for Italy.
“Despite winter’s lingering chill this year, arrival of the season’s first full seaway transit is a true sign of spring and always of the prosperity these great ships help deliver to our region,” said Deb DeLuca, executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.
Resko’s journey originated in Ijmuiden, Netherlands, and also included stops in Burns Harbor, Indiana, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it unloaded more than 5,500 short tons of rolled steel.
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The Port Authority’s annual first ship welcoming event is scheduled for Friday.
The latest arrival of the port’s first saltie was May 7, 2014 (Diana); the earliest was March 30, 2013 (Federal Hunter).
