Toledo port sees increase in cargo tonnage

Rebounding iron ore traffic led a nearly 16 percent increase in cargo tonnage through the Port of Toledo during 2017, and a port official said this year's expected groundbreaking for a new iron smelter near the port should boost that cargo further in future years. Robust aluminum shipments gave the port's general and miscellaneous cargo sector the second highest percentage increase in the year-over-year statistics posted last week by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.