Expect Late Start To Shipping Season

The new shipping season in the Port of Thunder Bay is still a couple of weeks away.   Port Authority CEO Tim Heney doesn't see it starting until the end of the month at the earliest after the Welland Canal opens on March 28th.  When the season does get underway, he says there will be a lot of prairie grain waiting to be loaded on to arriving ships.  Meantime, there will be some activity in the port in the near future.   Heney expects an American icebreaker in our harbour sometime next week.