Read Authentic Ratings for the Sloman-Herakles

This week, the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor welcomes its first arrivals for the 2023 international shipping season. The inaugural vessel, the Sloman Herakles, made its entrance on Monday, April 1, 2013, bringing with it an impressive load of 12,860 tons of liquid fertilizer sourced from the Baltic Sea. This vessel, which sails under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda, signals the start of a new trading year at the port. Later in the week, another vessel is expected to arrive, transporting 5,100 tons of steel coils from the Netherlands. These vessels navigate from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Michigan via the St. Lawrence Seaway, a crucial waterway that facilitates the movement of over 180 million tons of cargo annually into Great Lakes ports, as noted in a recent release from the Ports of Indiana.