Thanks to a 16.2 percent increase in November loadings (1,741,888 net tons versus 1,499,514 n.t.) Superior Midwest Energy Terminal has pulled closer to its level of shipments at this point of the 1999 navigation season. Since resuming loading operations on March 16, SMET has shipped 14,549,711 n.t. of low-sulfur coal, a decrease of 320,000 tons compared to the same point last year. SMET needs to ship roughly 1.7 million tons yet this season if it is to extend its 4-year string of record seasons.
Coal Shipments From Superior Midwest Energy Terminal: 2000 Navigation Season
November 2000 | November 1999 | Season-To-Date 2000 | Season-To-Date 1999 |
1,741,888 | 1,499,514 | 14,549,711 | 14,868,709 |