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DULUTH, Minn. - Iron ore shipments through the Duluth-Superior Harbor are down 61 percent this season.
The Duluth Seaway Port Authority says the Twin Ports haven't seen lows like that for iron ore shipments since the mid-1930s.
Port Authority executive director Adolph Ojard (OH'-jard) says taconite shipments "have slowed to a trickle."
Ojard says with steel plants sitting idle and two dozen lakers in layup, iron ore shipments for Duluth-Superior could test record lows this year.
The port has handled 2.6 million tons of iron ore through June, compared with about 6.8 million a year ago.
A total of 10.5 million short tons have been handled in the harbor so far this season, a 33 percent drop from 2008.
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Information from: Duluth News Tribune, http://www.duluthsuperior.com
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