Burns Harbor

Burns Harbor was built in 1980, is 1000 feet long and flies a U.S. flag

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The Burns Harbor was built in 1980 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and is 1,000 long. She has 37 hatches on deck that feed 7 cargo holds below deck. She has a 250 foot self unloader on her deck and both bow and stern thrusters to help her navigate in smaller ports and when moving to or away from a dock. She often loads iron ore pellets in Silver Bay and the BNSF in Superior and takes much of it to both Burns Harbor and Indiana Harbor. She is now owned and operated by American Steamship Company. In the picture just below, taken on June 13, 2015 she is arriving at the Duluth entry, a rare occurrence, since she is always loading just inside the Superior entry. In this case, she is coming in for fuel at the Calumet fuel dock at the Port Terminal. She made 31 trips to the Twin Ports in 2015 and the same number in 2014. She is probably the most frequent visitor to the port for the last 15 years, although we seldom see her at the Duluth entry.