| Twin Ports researchers get five-year contract to study Great Lakes environmental issues | A Twin Ports research institute will study environmental issues facing shipping and Great Lakes marine transportation under... | |
| Great Lakes companies concerned about funding for dredging | Associated Press reports that Great Lakes shipping companies say their industry would be hit hard by an Obama administration... | |
| Great Lakes shippers protest cut in dredging funds | TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Great Lakes shipping companies say their industry would be hit hard by an Obama administration... | |
| Friend of lakes nominated to IJC | Advocates for a more environmentally oriented approach to water level regulation on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River... | |
| Suit filed over waste | The Canadian Environmental Law Association and Sierra Club Canada have launched legal action against a plan to ship... | |
| Details of 2011 shipping season announced | The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System announced Wednesday opening dates and maximum allowable drafts for the 2011... | |
| Indiana ports: Shipments up 8 percent to 7.7M tons | MOUNT VERNON, Ind. — Authorities say Indiana's ports saw an 8 percent increase in cargo in 2010, thanks to an... | |
| Outreach session on Great Lakes shipping set for Feb. 23 | The federal government has launched an effort to determine what it will take to strengthen the Great Lakes water... | |
| New York allows Seaway vessels more time to comply with environmental rules | The New York state government has given commercial vessels using the St. Lawrence Seaway more time to comply with strict new... | |
| Environmental standoff threatens traffic on St. Lawrence Seaway | Next year, commercial shipping could disappear from the St. Lawrence Seaway, devastating the Great Lakes economies and... | |
| Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Shipments Disappoint Mayors | Representatives of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative say they are disappointed with the decision by the... | |
| Port of Muskegon activity stable as community receives statewide attention | During a year in which Muskegon’s port was put on Michigan’s center stage, shipping activity in and out of... | |
| 'Winter fleet' moves into Bay Shipbuilding | The view from the top of the hill on Madison Avenue looks like a great steel city on Sturgeon Bay every winter, and this... | |
| Great Lakes cargo shipping way up in '10 | TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Shipments of bulk cargo such as iron ore on the Great Lakes jumped by one-third last year, a... | |
| Shipping season extended beause of demand | Ice or no ice…the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is extending the lakes shipping season three days. Mike Simonson... | |
| Port of Montreal cargo levels on rise | A rising global tide of shipping is finally buoying revenues at the Port of Montreal, but significant challenges remain for... | |
| Algoma fleet renewal underway | SAULT STE. MARIE -- The multi-million-dollar renewal of the Algoma Central Corp. domestic freighter fleet is under way. Late... | |
| Lake levels to be lower | If you like the beach, there might be more of it to lie on this year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects there will be... | |
| Wis. proposes relaxing Great Lakes ballast regs | Wisconsin water officials have proposed revising ballast water regulations for ocean-going ships on the Great Lakes. The... | |
| Rule may blockade Indiana shipping | Thousands of Hoosier jobs could be lost if New York enforces tough new environmental rules that would stop an influx of... | |
| Company postpones nuke generator shipment on lakes | TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A Canadian electric power company is postponing a shipment of 16 old generators with... | |
| Shippers to propose widening Cuyahoga River navigation channel | CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The local shipping industry is about to propose allowing Dan Gilbert to fill in 29 feet of the Cuyahoga... | |
| Great Lakes shipping ahead of 2009 pace | Cargo numbers on the Great Lakes continue to show improvement over the rough of 2009, but they still lag behind the five-... | |
| Federal rules urged for ballast | LANSING - Several years after Michigan and other Great Lakes states imposed tougher regulations on ships, there’s... | |
| Ports watching law that could halt foreign ships | A New York ballast law that potentially could block ships from entering the St. Lawrence Seaway System is triggering... | |
| Seaway cargo up this year | The St. Lawrence Seaway, which suffered a sharp decline in cargo in 2009 with the global economic downturn, is singing a... | |
| Cleveland port close to becoming U.S. home base and lone Great Lakes city for international container service | CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland could become the first international container service operating on the Great Lakes as soon as... | |
| Ballast water rules may imperil Great Lakes ports | PORTAGE | The leader of a Great Lakes ports industry group warned Indiana port officials Thursday that regulations adopted... | |
| State's ballast law fought by Canada | State Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine, under fire in his back yard for opposing New York's ballast water regulations, has an... | |
| Great Lakes iron ore shipments improve over 2009 | Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled nearly 5.3 million net tons in September, a 69 percent improvement over a year... | |
| Great Lakes shipping levels dip in September | ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — The amount of cargo moved by U.S.-flagged ships on the Great Lakes in September dipped 6.3 percent... | |
| Port of Oswego, seaway officials oppose DEC ballast water regs | Oswego, NY -- State regulations to increase the treatment of ballast water in international ships and Canadian lakers could... | |
| Cities coalition opposes plan to ship nuclear waste through lakes, canal | A coalition of Great Lakes cities, including St. Catharines, is opposing a Bruce Power plan to ferry radioactive recyclables... | |
| Great Lakes nuke shipment plan stirs accident fear | TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Environmentalists and some local government officials are protesting a Canadian power company... | |
| Great Lakes cargo declines in August | The amount of cargo moved on U.S. ships on the Great Lakes in August dipped from July but is well ahead of totals recorded... | |
| Port of prosperity: Shipping up 52 percent | PORTAGE --The Port of Indiana is seeing an increase in the amount of cargo arriving in Portage in 2010. On Wednesday, the... | |
| Port of Milwaukee Redevelopment Plan | The Milwaukee Department of City Development uploaded its Aug. 16 draft Port of Milwaukee Redevelopment Plan on Aug. 19. The... | |
| Great Lakes July iron ore shipments up 72 percent | Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 6 million net tons in July, a 72 percent increase over July 2009’s 3.47... | |
| Muskegon leaders view port development from a new perspective: Milwaukee | MILWAUKEE -- Community leaders working on Muskegon port development learned this week that a unified effort and strong... | |
| Port of Milwaukee receives award for increasing international tonnage in 2009 | The Port of Milwaukee posted significant increases in international cargo over the 2009 navigation season, earning it the... | |
| Coal shipments up | Coal shipments on the Great Lakes totaled nearly 4.1 million net tons in July. That was an increase of 5.7 percent over June... | |
| Cargo shipments on the rise on Great Lakes | U.S.-flag ships on the Great Lakes saw a 5 percent increase in cargo in June compared with May and a 39 percent increase in... | |
| Muskegon officials' plans navigate a balance between beautiful shoreline and commercial shipping | MUSKEGON, MI - Decades ago, Muskegon Lake was on the brink of environmental disaster. Heavy industrial use left its waters... | |
| Port authority improves docks to draw cargo | The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Thursday accepted a Broadview Heights, Ohio, company's $3.15 million bid to... | |
| No carp hit surface, so no problem? | With no carp found during the most recent poisoning of the Little Calumet River near Chicago, Illinois barge and tour boat... | |
| Great Lakes shipping traffic is up | Great Lakes traffic is up dramatically this year. U.S.-flagged lake carriers are reported to have transported 50 percent... | |
| National sail conference registration opens | Sail America opened registration for its 2010 Sailing Industry Conference, set for June 14-16 at St. John's College in... | |
| Seaway reports increase in shipping | After a horrible year for the marine shipping industry, customers are coming back to the St. Lawrence Seaway — a sign... | |
| Captains say they’ll bolt if Lift Bridge changes are approved | Capt. Barry LeBlanc has been operating a charter fishing service out of Duluth’s Minnesota Slip for 11 years now and... | |
| Iron ore shipments soar on Great Lakes | Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes are soaring as the U.S. steel industry begins to rebound. During March, 2.16... |
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