GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The first ship of the 2025 shipping season has officially arrived in at the Port of Green Bay, carrying cement.
The Port of Green Bay said the shipping season kicked off as the ‘Innovation with Tug Samuel De Champlain’ arrived on Wednesday, March 12, at 1:49 p.m.
According to the release, the ship’s dimensions were:
| Part of Ship | Dimensions/measurements |
| Length with and without tug | 460 feet, or 544 feet with tug |
| Beam | 70 feet |
| Depth (tug) | 37 feet (20-foot tug) |
| Capacity | 17,310 tons (34,620,000 pounds) |
“This year’s shipping season is now underway just two days later than last year’s start,” Director Dean Haen said via the release. “This makes for an early start and has us looking forward to what our new season will bring.”
Now that the first ship has arrived, the Port of Green Bay’s ‘First Ship’ contest has concluded, with the winner being Anne LaCour of Pembine, who predicted that the first ship would arrive at 2:13 p.m. on March 12.
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Her prediction landed her a one-night stay at the Hotel Northland, a 200th anniversary Brown County-themed Monopoly game, six tickets to the National Railroad Museum and a gift certificate from the Voyageurs Sourdough Bakehouse.
More details about ship arrivals can be found on the Port of Green Bay website.
