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Canadian National hopes to expand Duluth dock facilities

Published: March 14, 2013

DULUTH, Minn. Canadian National wants to increase storage

capacity and conduct long­term repairs at its former Duluth,

Missabe & Iron Range ore dock in Duluth. Storage capacity for

taconite would nearly double to 4.4 million metric tons, while

limestone capacity would increase to 850,000 metric tons, the

Duluth News Tribune reports.

To create more room for storage and to stabilize its dock, the

project would add fill and sheet piling to shore up CNs Dock 6.

CN says the 1918 vintage dock needs long­term stabilization.

More than 288,400 cubic yards of fill would be built up in the

Duluth harbor for the expanded storage yard.

The plans, which have been submitted to the city of Duluth for

environmental review and public comment, call for dredged muck

from the harbor and earth from shore to fill in what is now a shallow area just off shore.

CN needs more space for limestone and to segregate taconite piles from specific plants, but mostly to handle

more taconite as new and expanded mining projects come on line in Northeastern Minnesota.

This is a big project for us and for the future growth of not just our facility but of the mines we serve on the

Iron Range, Patrick Waldron, spokesman for CNs U.S. operations, says. Waldron says theres no timeline

for the project except that the company is ready to build when permits are approved. He says no cost estimate

has been released but agreed it will be multiple millions of dollars.

The project still has to clear several regulatory hurdles, and several agencies have expressed concern that CN

is proposing to fill in precisely the kind of shallow water fish and wildlife habitat in the harbor that recent

restoration efforts have tried to expand. The area to be filled, most of which is 4­5 feet deep and often called

Half Moon Bay, is considered prime habitat for fish and other aquatic creatures. Minnesota Department of

Natural Resources officials have said they will demand a no net loss policy for habitat within the St. Louis

River estuary, including the harbor.

 



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Yep, 1918 I bet the dock needs extensive repair and replacement.

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Dock 5 is the one that needs the most work...it's been mothballed since the 80's. The foundations have been severely undermined by bow thrusters and stern tubes. Dock 6 is the only one they use now and it's been going non-stop for many years. Those docks helped to win WW2.


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