Want to avoid the crowded Southern California ports? Have you considered Minnesota?
Duluth Seaway Port Authority officials have announced that the Clure Public Marine Terminal now can handle steamship-owned international shipping containers transported by vessel, “in an expansion that will augment existing road- and rail-based intermodal container service under the Duluth Cargo Connect banner.”
The Clure Terminal has been welcoming vessel traffic since it opened in 1958, but over the decades...
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