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The James Barker arrived in Milwaukee for winter mooring on January 20, 2007 and can be seen on the inner harbor at the City Heavy Lift Dock. The vessel is 1004' long and 105' wide and can carry up to 63,600 tons of cargo (typically iron ore or coal).
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With thanks to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the inner harbor is finally getting some very much needed rail replacement work done. The tracks were almost completely unuseable due to the age and lack of strength needed for the newer heavier railcars. |
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The contractor for the inner harbor rail work being done, Knapp Railroad, will complete the work in the early spring. |
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Lafarge's integrated tug and barge unit known as the "Integrity " arrived December 21, 2006 for winter repairs. The barge is 460 feet long and 70 feet wide and can carry up to 15,000 tons of cement. |
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Milwaukee is the northern most point that inland river barges can transit on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Barges have arrived in Milwaukee this year with cargo originating from Vietnam, New Orleans and Tennessee. |
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The Nidera Grain elevator takes advantage of the inland river barges available in the Chicago area for their corn and soybean exports. The Mississippi River access allows the grain company to ship year round. Up to three barges are allowed per tug on the route between Chicago and Milwaukee. |
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Advance Boiler and Tank isn't letting the bitter cold temperatures stop their production. This picture taken on January 30, 2007 may look like some bat houses, but they are all components for a power plant project. |
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With the 1,000 foot Burns Harbor in the background, these welders have some relief from the bitter wind. |
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The Burns Harbor arrived in port for winter maintenance. The mamouth vessel is expected to be here until mid-March. |
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A typical day for Milwaukee Intermodal is unloading ocean containers from the CP Railroad. They also offer other services, such as loading these logs into containers for export. For these and other services MIT can offer contact Mike Bolda at 414-489-2580. |
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North American Salt runs a public truck scale located on Jones Island at S. Lincoln Memorial Drive and Bay Street. |
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In the busy winter months, North American Salt opens up this backup salt scale to minimize the lines and wait time for the trucking companies. |
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| The St. Lawrence Seaway's Pacesetter Award Presentation Ceremony was held in Milwaukee on 4/4/07. In attendance was County Executive Scott Walker, Board of Harbor Commissioners President Dan Steininger, St. Lawrence Seaway Administrator Collister (Terry) Johnson and Mayor Tom Barrett who was represented by Phil Walzak. Lake Express High Speed Ferry generously sponsored the event at their offices. |
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Advance Boiler & Tank expect another busy year fabrication pieces of a puzzle that will, when completed, become intricate components of a clean coal powered power plant. Parts have been barged up from the Tennessee River to Milwaukee via the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers and then travel along the western coast of Lake Michigan. Milwaukee is the farthest point on western Lake Michigan river barges are allowed to travel. |
| Monday, April 30th, the JULIA unloaded 14 brewery tanks at the Port's City Heavy Lift Dock. The CHLD has the capacity to lift almost 200 metric tons with its stiff leg derrick (background on the right) as well as up to 70 metric tons with the gantry crane shown here. Krones manufactured the tanks for the New Glarus Brewing Company located in New Glarus, WI. Willy Hoffman of Albacor Shipping (USA) and Bernd Oltmann of LS International Cargo GmbH of Bremen Germany arranged for the loading and unloading of the cargo and Alois Konda (Krones-Germany) and Joseph McGraw-Krones (USA) were on hand to see the 14 tanks unloaded by Federal Marine Terminals in just under 4 hours. New Glarus Brewery plans to hire an additional 30 employees with their expansion. |
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These rake barges are the typical style of barges you will see coming through the Milwaukee breakwater. Rake barges will cut through the waves on Lake Michigan easier than a typical box barge. Approximately 15,000 tons of grain will be loaded in each of these barges at the Nidera Grain elevator in Milwaukee for export. |
| Federal Marine Terminals is loading these components for a power plant on a deck barge at Terminal 2 using our Manitowoc Crawler Crane which can lift up to 108 metric tons. The Port has three crawler cranes that can accommodate cargoes at public and private port docks. |
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A local attorney Corey Jackson has organized a summer camp for 5th to 7th grade students. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation sponsors this one week camp for kids to teach them about jobs in the transportation field. Rail, truck, water and air.This group of 7th graders came to the Port of Milwaukee and heard from Our Chief Engineer, high school interns, the Harbor Master, Finance Officer and marketing and sales staff. |
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They were then given a tour of the port and boarded the Great Lakes Towing Company tugs "Virginia and Wisconsin". The Port Staff commends these kids for taking a week off during their summer vacation to think about their future. We are excited they are thinking on the transportation end of their careers. |
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Tommy Balisterei, who tugs the coal barges up river to the downtown WE Energies coal plant, stopped by to talk to the group about maritime jobs and what schools can prepare them for jobs on the water. |
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