Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor Has Second-Best June Ever
The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor had its second-best June on record after handling 303,000 tons of freight, including shipments of huge cranes from Europe.
The deepwater port on Lake Michigan has handled 1.1 million tons of cargo this year through the end of June, which is slightly behind last year and the record year in 2014, spokesman Rich Allen said. However, the year-to-date volume is 14% ahead of the previous five-year average.
Stevedores at the port have been unloading a lot of coal, steel, limestone, fertilizer, oils and recycled rubber. Last month, they handled a lot of large-project cargo, including container cranes bound for intermodal yards in the Midwest.
"New shipments of intermodal cranes helped drive June's maritime port cargo numbers above the same period last year," Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor Port Director Rick Heimann said. "We've had multiple large cranes and containers of crane components arrive by ship from Europe that will be used to handle containers in multiple intermodal yards around the Midwest. June cargo volumes were also helped by new outbound shipments of recycled rubber and strong volumes of bulk commodities for use in the steel-making process by ArcelorMittal."
