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Large timber floating in Duluth shipping lane, Duluth MN

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Duluth, MN

A radio exchange reporting a roughly 20-foot piece of driftwood or an old telephone pole floating about one mile from the Duluth entry in the shipping lane. Vessels and the Coast Guard discuss the object and advise mariners to use caution when transiting the area.

Audio|Source: Duluth-Superior Harbor Marine Traffic
02:50
Transcript:
00:00
Security, security. Motorville to Walter J. McCarthy, Jr., departing C.N., two harvors, approximately 30 minutes, the outbound to the lake. Security, call. Walter J. McCarthy Jr., departing two harbors, approximately 30 minutes outbound for the lake. Security, security, security. Everybody traversing about a mile out from the Duluth entry, there is about a...
00:29
20-foot long piece of timber floating on the surface. Just be aware of that. Security, security, security. About a mile out from the Duluth entry, there is about a 20-foot piece of driftwood. So just be aware that that is there if you happen to be traversing in the area. Star out.
00:54
This is the Coast Guard. Can you give me a description of the object that is a hazard to navigation? Yeah, it looks like a old telephone pole or something about 20 feet long, probably 8 inches in diameter at least, and it's about a mile out from the Duluth entry. Roger that, Captain, from the Vista Star, this is the Coast Guard. What's the...
01:22
relative to the secure entry is it over? It's headed east. In the shipping lane. Roger that, Captain. You said it was drifting.
01:38
send out a transmission on it. Let the maritime public be aware that when they're transiting this area. Be careful for the telephone pole. Thank you. Coast Guard standing by 716. Far out. The left bridge, this is a star heading it again when you go up.

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