New shipping terminal opens in Port of Duluth-Superior
SUPERIOR, Wis. (Northern News Now) - C. Reiss has moved its operations from Duluth to Superior and their nearly $23 million project is up and running.
The location on Winter Street sat dormant for decades but has been owned by C. Reiss for years. The project was six years in the making and was funded entirely through government grants and the company itself.
Flooding issues at C. Reiss' Duluth location was one of the issues that prompted the change.
Jason Serck is part of the Planning, Economic Development Department and Port Director for Superior. He is pleased that the company is staying in the Twin Ports.
“I think it’s important to keep it in the Ports,” Serck said. “I think that’s the biggest thing, when we talk about the port here, we’re talking about Duluth-Superior, so when I work with my counterparts in Duluth it’s always, ‘Hey lets try to retain that, lets try to retain the jobs.’”
Serck said the project took more than six years to complete and was an exceptionally smooth process. He thanked the City Council and Mayor Paine for being great partners.
“Great partnership with C. Reiss, our City Council and our mayor with the foresight of being able to say, ‘hey this is important to us,’ and just bringing a business and another taxpaying entity to the city of Superior, it’s really a win-win for everybody.”
The federal government contributed nearly $10 million to the project, the state pitched in $3 million and the rest came from other grants and C. Reiss themselves.
Longtime C. Reiss employee Dennis Lahti is excited to be working at the new facility.
“I think their plan was to move here all along,” Lahti said. “I mean, I’ve been here 28 years and I’ve heard it many times that they’re moving here, and they finally did it.”
He said the old location in Duluth had many costly issues with its infrastructure.
“Our rail was getting in bad shape over there,” Lahti said. “It was old, real old, so everything over there would have had to been redone.”
He believes that it would have been more costly if they had opted to repair the issues at the Duluth location.
“I just was worried all the time when vessels would pull in, if something was going to happen to the wall or whatever, when now it’s all brand new and no more worries,” Lahti said.
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