Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 5.1 million tons in August, a 2 percent increase compared to 2025. Shipments were 5.1 percent below the month’s 5-year average.Year-to-date, the iron ore
Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 5.1 million tons in August, a 2 percent increase compared to 2025. Shipments were 5.1 percent below the month’s 5-year average.
Year-to-date, the iron ore trade rose 3% to 27.5 million tons.
Through August, iron shipments are below their 5-year average by 5.2 percent.
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Great Lakes Iron Ore Shipments: August 2021-2026 and 5-Year Average | |||||||
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Includes Transshipments to Quebec City for Shipment Overseas | |||||||
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(net tons) | |||||||
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Average |
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Port |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2021-2025 |
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Duluth, MN |
1,132,118 |
783,957 |
1,053,368 |
811,141 |
847,568 |
740,536 |
925,630 |
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Superior, WI |
1,248,826 |
1,606,770 |
1,484,506 |
1,315,858 |
1,082,426 |
813,581 |
1,347,677 |
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Two Harbors, MN |
1,273,085 |
1,504,048 |
1,303,265 |
1,692,847 |
1,424,347 |
1,674,498 |
1,439,518 |
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Silver Bay, MN |
801,687 |
150,111 |
558,876 |
427,456 |
363,947 |
394,849 |
460,415 |
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Marquette, MI* |
728,542 |
748,384 |
743,046 |
785,081 |
781,222 |
970,240 |
757,255 |
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Cleveland, OH** |
437,166 |
315,297 |
403,981 |
432,340 |
466,128 |
473,356 |
410,982 |
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Ashtabula, OH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Total |
5,621,424 |
5,108,567 |
5,547,042 |
5,464,723 |
4,965,638 |
5,067,060 |
5,341,479 |
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*Marquette = Presque Isle in previous reports |
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**Transshipments within Cleveland Harbor |
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Year-To-Date 2021-2026 | |||||||
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Average |
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Port |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2021-2025 |
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Duluth, MN | |||||||
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