Duluth Cargo Connect

Name: Duluth Cargo Connect
Address: 1310 Port Terminal Drive, Duluth, MN, 55802, US
Telephone: (218) 727-6646
Price range: Not Applicable

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Duluth Cargo Connect

Multimodal logistics hub for the Upper Midwest, located at North America's furthest-inland seaport.

Duluth Cargo Connect anchors the western edge of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System and boasts the best road and rail clearances to and from North America's heartland. Plus, our Foreign Trade Zone status affords customers duty-free storage and staging. Experts in dimensional and heavy-lift cargo, Duluth Cargo Connect meets the supply chain needs of a range of industries, linking North Amer

ica's heartland to markets around the world.

- Congestion-free roads, direct access to three major freight corridors and the Great Lakes-Seaway
- Fast, flexible rail connections with BNSF, CN, CP, and UP - all Class I carriers
- On-dock rail for direct transfers, loop track for unit trains to access warehouses and laydown
- Experienced stevedores with transloading skills second to none
- Five general cargo berths at Seaway depth, plus a new Ro-Ro dock
- Twin, rail mounted gantry cranes and higher-capacity cranes at laydown

Whatever your breakbulk or project cargo handling needs, leave the heavy lifting to us.

05/20/2026

𝘏𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘵 arrived with the sunrise today, delivering a variety of breakbulk cargo and containers to our multimodal logistics hub.

She's one of several Spliethoff vessels engaged in the Great Lakes Express liner service, which connects Duluth with global ports in Europe and the Mediterranean.

The service provides cargo flexibility and efficient transport to and from North America's farthest-inland seaport, with twice-monthly sailings and 15-day transit times.🌐🚢

04/23/2026

Yesterday, tugboat 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘵𝘰𝘯 and a deck barge loaded with project cargo became the first vessel in decades to dock at our rebuilt Berth 10. The 667-foot berth, along with adjacent Berth 11, opened for use following a $10.5 million reconstruction project completed in March 2025. We're excited for the expanded capacity and efficiency this project created at our multimodal logistics hub, which now features six berths suited for heavy-lift cargo handling, plus even more laydown space for dimensional pieces.

📷: David Schauer

03/26/2026

The Saint Lawrence Seaway opened Sunday and the Soo Locks opened yesterday. That means some of these ships are vying to become our first arrival of 2026. We're excited to roll out the welcome mat and begin another season of heavy lifting at the westernmost tip of Lake Superior. Here's to a safe and successful campaign throughout the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System!

02/27/2026

A Clure convoy readies to roll on this finish-strong Friday at our always-on multimodal logistics hub. Navigation season or not, we’ve got the right connections for your inland cargo moves.🚢🚂🚛

02/19/2026

Unfazed by high winds and heavy lifts, our team showed a steely resolve this week, smoothly supplying local manufacturers with several thousand pounds of steel bar.

With ample cargo laydown and warehouse capacity, we provide a strategic advantage in the supply chain. Inputs? Outputs? Throughputs? We’ve got the right connections to tailor a winning solution.

02/10/2026

Containers have been part of our cargo mix since Jeno Paulucci began shipping canned food from our docks in 1959.🥫

For import or export, we deliver the flexibility, consistency and value-added services that make us your midcontinent supply chain advantage:

🌐Intermodal moves by sea, rail and road
🔨Custom crating
🎁Stuffing/de-stuffing
✅On-site inspection services
⏩Faster flow from ship to shore to market

12/19/2025

It's a to 25 years ago this week, when we helped make North American heavy-lift history.🦾

Multiple ships⚓
Frigid December weather❄️
Massively over-dimensional cargo pieces⚖️
Special rail cars and award-winning clearances🚂
Smooth global logistics from Japan to Duluth to Alberta🌎

The "can-do port" got 'er done.✅

Need to move your high, wide or heavy cargoes to the North American hinterland? We've got the right connections, right here at North America's farthest-inland seaport: https://duluthcargo.com/

12/04/2025

We don’t hibernate.🐻

Our crew never stops, even when the temperature drops. We’ve stacked decades of experience on Lake Superior’s wintry western shore, so you can trust us to keep your cargo moving safely and efficiently through the snowy season.

From our facilities to our people, we are quite literally 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.

Looking for weather-proof hinterland logistics? We’ve got the right connections. Learn more: https://duluthcargo.com/

12/03/2025

Giving our first ForestWave vessel a warm welcome on this frosty Duluth day. The 𝘍𝘞𝘕 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦 arrived just before dawn, delivering supersacked minerals for use in regional manufacturing. One of her fleetmates is scheduled to arrive early next week, part of a breakbulk flotilla sailing to our multimodal logistics hub between now and Christmas Day. We’re ready for a great month of heavy lifting here at North America’s farthest-inland seaport.⚓

12/02/2025

Industry leaders offered energetic projections for 2026 in the latest issue of 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦:

▸Energy-related cargoes will drive growth, with simultaneous expansion underway across a broad sweep of energy sector infrastructure: wind, oil and gas, nuclear, mining and more.

▸Energy transition projects will add to that volume, fueling demand for complex and heavy cargo logistics.

We’re seeing those same signals, with shipments representing a wide swath of the energy sector on our 2026 schedule.

Do you have cargo destined for North America’s midsection in the new year? We’re your multimodal logistics hub for all the heavy lifting. Not only do we deliver that⚡big energy⚡every day, we deliver it from North America’s farthest-inland seaport, so you get the benefits of direct hinterland access.

Ready to power up your energy cargo moves? Let’s connect: https://duluthcargo.com/

📷: David Schauer

Address

1310 Port Terminal Drive
Duluth, MN
55802

Telephone

(218) 727-6646

Website

http://duluthcargo.com/

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