Coal loadings at Superior Midwest Energy Terminal in Superior, Wisconsin, totaled 1,573,126 net tons in April, an increase of 50,000 tons compared to a year earlier. However, the impacts of declining water levels are quite apparent. SMET's largest cargo for the month totaled 61,846 net tons, whereas in April of 1999, the dock's top loading was 63,994 n.t. Turn the clock back to April of 1997, before the Lakes started this dramatic fall, and SMET's largest loading was 66,842 n.t.
For the season, loadings at SMET stand at 2,153,918, again an increase of roughly 50,000 tons compared to the same point
in the 1999 season.