The Port of Cleveland welcomed the first freighter to open the 2023 Great Lakes shipping season. The first of the cruise ships are expected to arrive at the Port in May.
CLEVELAND — The beginning of April marks the opening of the 2023 Great Lakes shipping season with the first freighter arriving Tuesday night at the Port of Cleveland — the Isadora, a 652-foot-long bulk carrier cargo ship carrying steel coils from the Netherlands. It was smooth sailing for the ship as the mild winter weather has left the Great Lakes mostly ice-free.
"That is dictated by the St. Lawrence Seaway system, so the locks opened March 22 this year," said David Gutheil, Chief Commercial Officer for the Port of Cleveland."So the locks are drained every year, every winter for maintenance and they're refilled when the system is ready to open and these vessels start to arrive."
"Certainly, the congestion issues that have occurred over the last two years at coastal ports have helped us gain stature; we need to capitalize on that and continue to improve our infrastructure and give customers the opportunity to use the port more than ever," he said."We're looking at another good year. We're optimistic that [with] the steel that we bring in on an annual basis we'll continue to stay strong.
"So that will be our first direct partnership with the Southeast Asia origin cargo, so we're excited about that," Gutheil said.
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