Duluth sees huge potential in cruise ships after record-setting Great Lakes season

The Viking Octantis moves under the Aerial Lift Bridge shortly after 6 a.m. on Monday in Duluth. The cruise ship industry is booming on the Great Lakes, and port cities are embracing it as an economic driver, with cities like Duluth — which hadn’t hosted any cruise ships in nearly a decade — investing in infrastructures such as new docks and customs facilities to welcome them.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News
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