Steel hauler opens shipping season at Detroit port
DETROIT -- Port officials will celebrate the arrival of a steel-hauling vessel from the United Kingdom as the first international ship to deliver cargo this year to Detroit.
The bulk carrier Federal Mattawa arrived Wednesday and was unloading cargo at the Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co. in southwest Detroit. The ship carries steel for Tata Steel and departed from the northern English port of Teesport.
Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority members will celebrate the opening of the shipping season Thursday. They'll present the J.L. Hudson trophy to the ship's captain, the vessel agent and the dock terminal company.
The trophy is presented at the start of each shipping season.
DETROIT-- Port officials will celebrate the arrival of a steel-hauling vessel from the United Kingdom as the first international ship to deliver cargo this year to Detroit. The bulk carrier Federal Mattawa arrived Wednesday and was unloading cargo at the Nicholson Terminal& Dock Co. in southwest Detroit.