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Unloading wind turbine tower sections from the Sjard on June 23

Sunday June 6 - The Sjard arrived in the bay off Menominee with another load of wind turbine towers for KK Integrated Logistics. This is the ship's second visit this year. There was a fairly strong wind blowing when they arrived on June 20. After anchoring out in the bay of Green Bay for that night and all the next day, the ship finally arrived in port on June 22 with the Selvick tug, Jimmy L, assisting. The tug assisted in turning the ship around out in the bay, passed a towline to the ship, and headed in past Menominee North Pier Lighthouse into the inner harbor and through the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge and on to KK Integrated Logistics' East Dock to unload its cargo of wind turbine towers. The ship departed early in the evening on June 23.

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Wide broadside-view of the Sjard	A loaded truck is ready to head for the storage area	Truck heads out; another truck will soon take its place
Dockside view of the saltie (foreign ship)	A tower section is lifted from the hold of the ship	Cranes aboard ship twist tower section before lowering it
Dockside viewe of the cranes in action	A truck awaits the tower section to be lowered	Tower section has been twisted to fit between crane mounts
Tower section being lowered to waiting truck	Workers check the line up of the tower section	The tower section is in the cradle of the truck's trailer
The crane's empty hooks go back for another tower section	Loaded trailers are ready to head to their destination	Loaded trailers ready to head to their final destination
Wide view of KKIL's yard filling up with tower sections	A truck with a longer trailer pulls into position	A view from the hill on the east end of KKIL's property
Another tower section is lifted from the hold of the ship	Worker guides the tower section being lowered to the truck	Wide view of the ship and loaded trailers
A closer look at the truck with the longer trailer	Cranes aboard the ship lift another tower section	Another tower section is lifted from the ship's hold
A tower section is being twisted to fit between the cranes	Wider view of the action	The crane operators work flawlessly to maneuver the tower
A wider view with another truck in position	Tower section is slid between the mounted cranes	Wide view of tower section being lowered to waiting truck
The truck maneuvers into position	The truck is in position to receive its load	Wide view of the tower section being lowered to the truck
Dockside worker checks the alignment of the tower section	The opposite end of the tower being lowered into a cradle	Another truck returns from the staging area
Meanwhile, the tower section is nearly on the other truck	Another wide view of the action	The tower is on the trailer
2 Other trucks wait as loaded one heads to storage area	Loaded truck crosses train tracks going to storage area	Dockside stern view of the Sjard