No seaport
brings you
closer.

Multimodal gateway for the North American hinterland.

GREAT LAKES CARGO CAPITAL

LOCATION

Port of Duluth-Superior, North America’s farthest-inland seaport

CONNECTIONS

Sea, road & rail via the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway, direct interstate access & four Class I railroads

Cargo-Handling Capabilities

Breakbulk, project, heavy-lift, containers and bulk

Warehousing Capacity

650,000+ square feet60,300+ square meters, secure and climate controlled, plus Foreign Trade Zone 51

Laydown Storage

40+ acres16.2+ hectares of secure outdoor capacity with direct access to sea, road and rail

Lift & Load Strength

6 heavy-lift berths, ro-ro dock, 300-ton272-tonne mobile crane, twin 90-ton82-tonne gantries, 90-kip/axle40.8-tonne/axle rail capacity, 2,000 PSF9,765 kg/m² dock surface rating

See how Duluth Cargo Connect moves the world inland.

Delivering precision, power and peace of mind for the world’s heaviest and most complex cargo moves.

CARGO TYPES

Duluth Cargo Connect is built to handle every kind of cargo with efficiency, safety and reliability.

  • From mining, papermaking and energy sector components to other specialized freight for large-scale project installations, we ensure coordinated, end-to-end handling to keep your complex, high-value project on schedule.

  • Seamlessly handling all types of breakbulk cargo—from steel and massive machinery to forest products, vehicles, bagged commodities and everything in between. Our six Seawaymax berths, heavy-lift docks and experienced stevedores ensure safe, skillful handling for breakbulk of all shapes and sizes.

  • We’ve been doing the Great Lakes’ heaviest lifting since 1959. With on-dock rail that supports 2,000 lbs/sq. ft.9,765 kg/m² and 90-kip40.8 metric tonnes per axle, on-site lifting including twin 90-ton82-tonne gantry cranes (120-ton109-tonne tandem lift) and a 300-ton272-tonne mobile crane, and six heavy-lift berths, we’re engineered to expertly handle over dimensional and overweight cargo.

  • Duluth is the westernmost container-handling port on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System. With a dedicated container terminal and on-site U.S. Customs inspection, we directly connect ocean carriers, rail and truck lines for fast, smooth intermodal moves.

  • Move bulk cargo like raw materials and feedstock with ease through Duluth’s multimodal hub. Offering direct transfer between vessel, rail and truck, Duluth Cargo Connect helps minimize handling and maximize efficiency.

Project Cargo

From mining, papermaking and energy sector components to other specialized freight for large-scale project installations, we ensure coordinated, end-to-end handling to keep your complex, high-value project on schedule.

INLAND ADVANTAGE

Located only 400 miles645 kilometers from the geographic center of North America, Duluth links 14 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces within a single day’s drive. Whether it’s oil country or wind fields, manufacturing centers or mining hubs, Duluth delivers direct, congestion-free connections to key inland markets.

Port/Terminal Operator
of the Year 2019

Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International