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What Would the Niagara River Look Like Without an Ice Boom? |
As my dog and I walked on Squaw Island on a chilly afternoon last month, I was able to get an up close look at the Niagara... |
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Soo Locks 2010 shipping season will open early this year |
On March 21, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open the Poe Lock, part of the Soo Locks, in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., at... |
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Muskegon port resilient despite drops elsewhere in Michigan |
Great Lakes shipping activity through the Muskegon channel dropped in 2009, but not as much as in many other ports.
A recent... |
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Cuyahoga County Port Authority board needs to be smaller and focused on maritime issues: editorial |
It's time to overhaul the board that runs the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority. Most of the port's current... |
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Asian carp fight may close Chicago river |
More than a million people each spring and summer pause to admire Chicago's architectural wonders and learn the history... |
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Stopping carp can save Great Lakes industries and increase jobs |
Week after week, more alarming DNA evidence indicates the presence of invasive Asian carp in the Chicago waterway system and... |
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L.B. Foster Awarded $3.7 Million Ports of Indiana Contract |
L.B. Foster Company , headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, is providing steel sheet piling for improvements to the Ports of... |
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Dredging dispute threatens shipping in Green Bay harbor |
An impasse involving federal and state governmental agencies has put at risk the shipping business in the Green Bay harbor.... |
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Biologists say Great Lakes still at risk despite ballast flushing |
The Canadian and U.S. operators of the St. Lawrence Seaway have begun requiring freighters to flush their ship-steadying... |
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Court tosses industry's suit over N.Y. ballast rules |
A New York state appellate court has tossed out a challenge by the shipping industry over the state's ballast water... |
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Port of Milwaukee plans improvements for 2010 |
While many of the ports in the Great Lakes saw their traffic volumes fall between 15 to 30 percent last year during the... |
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New owner of Erie shipyard promises growth |
With anxiety about jobs dominating the national conversation, we're pleased to report a healthy development in the local... |
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Good start to New Year at Duluth-Superior port |
Duluth-Superior port officials say the New Year is starting better than the old.
Adolph Ojard (oh'-zhard) of the Duluth... |
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Great Lakes iron ore numbers lowest since Great Depression |
Some depressing numbers, shades of the Great Depression, released today about the 2009 Great Lakes iron ore cargo. At 31-... |
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Great Lakes shipping at low tide |
The recession hit Great Lakes shipping so hard in 2009 that some tankers never left their home berths, a shipping trade... |
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Carp Mania |
It sounds like one of those old Hollywood thrillers -- "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" or "Invasion of the Body... |
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Wisconsin joins legal battle to stop spread of giant carp |
Wisconsin has entered the multi-state battle against Illinois and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop an Asian carp... |
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Docked freighter draws spectators |
Blue Water Area residents are getting an unusual opportunity to get a close view of a large lake freighter.
The Algosea,... |
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St. Lawrence Seaway Faces Slow Climb Back |
The St. Lawrence Seaway’s 50th anniversary celebrations this year were overshadowed by one of the worst years for... |
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Great Lakes steamships get a break |
The federal government is getting tougher on air emissions from large commercial vessels, but 13 U.S.-flagged steamships... |
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Seafaring traffic nearly done for the season on the Great Lakes |
The last ocean-going ship of the season left the Duluth-Superior port this week, marking the end of a tough season for the... |
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Freight traffic wanes |
The number of freighters motoring past the Blue Water Area fell off this shipping season, and the reasons provide a snapshot... |
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N.Y. canal system sees boost in traffic |
Reinventing itself, the New York state canal system experienced an upswing this year, producing a one-year turnaround from... |
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Five more lakers activated for late season shipping boost |
After being laid-up by a slow economy, five U.S.-flagged lakers have been pressed back into service on the Great Lakes.... |
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Grounded ship draws crowds along St. Lawrence |
Hundreds of curious onlookers have been gathering on the shore of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Ontario to watch... |
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Oceangoing vessels face tougher DNR rules |
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will start requiring all ships coming into Green Bay and other state ports... |
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Port of Green Bay 'doing fine' after slow start to season |
Aside from the first two months of the shipping season, when nothing was moving because of the economic downturn, the port... |
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Port Authority holds 2 closed meetings after staffers quit, investigation report |
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga Port Authority's board of directors met behind closed doors for more than two hours Sunday... |
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Deal struck on Great Lakes ship pollution |
Congressional negotiators reached a deal Tuesday that would effectively exempt 13 ships that haul iron ore, coal and other... |
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EPA proposal to cut Great Lakes ship emissions stirs the waters |
A horn blasts, seagulls screech and tourists clap as the longest ship in the Great Lakes, the 308-meter Paul R. Tregurtha... |
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Strange Bedfellows Fighting EPA Regulations for Great Lakes Freighters |
Great Lakes freighters are not pretty boats, stubby and slab-sided, and travel from mines to mills unnoticed except when... |
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Clean-air advocates battle Oberstar over Great Lakes pollution proposal |
A battle over a proposal to regulate air pollution from ships is pitting clean-air advocates against industry groups and... |
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Unlocking the Future |
Captain Kenneth MacKenzie is battling behemoths in one of the biggest racing boats Lake Ontario has ever seen.
His... |
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A PROPOSAL FOR THE FUTURE OF CLEVELAND'S PORT |
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority is planning a major transformation that will begin with reconfiguring its... |
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Obey measure could block new EPA ship pollution regulations |
The Obama administration is seeking to enact strict air pollution controls for ships that navigate both along the coasts... |
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Dredging planned for turning basin |
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge the turning basin of the St. Joseph River harbor before the end of the year,... |
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Fight Brewing Over Possible Rider to Weaken Air Pollution Regs for Ships |
Clean air advocates are girding for a battle over a possible amendment to the annual U.S. EPA spending bill that would... |
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Conservation groups grumble about Coast Guard's proposed ballast rules |
The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing a batch of new regulations to prevent overseas ships from dumping contaminated ballast... |
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Superior receives $2 million harbor assistance grant |
State Senator Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) and State Representative Nick Milroy (D-Superior) today applauded an announcement by... |
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Asian carp misery spreads to barge operators |
The leaping Asian carp have long been a problem for recreational boaters plying waters infested by the species, which was... |
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Local port seeks cash for shipping line with Montreal |
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority will apply for $35 million to $45 million in federal stimulus money to... |
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Port Stanley's commercial days appear numbered |
Port Stanley seems destined to remain a port in name only.
A plan for the future of the only deep-water port on the northern... |
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Rules Offered on Ships' Ballast Water |
The Coast Guard issued proposed standards for ballast water treatment Thursday that had been long awaited by environmental... |
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Door County shipyard may lay off up to 405 |
Bay Shipbuilding Co. filed a notice with the state Tuesday that it anticipates laying off as many as 405 people this fall... |
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Cleveland port's planned move to E. 55th St. gets tentative OK from Corps of Engineers |
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has tentatively approved the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority's preferred site at... |
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Dredging crisis continue to affect Great Lakes limestone trade |
The Lake Carriers' Association in the US says US and Canadian Great Lakes ports loaded 2.9 million net tons of limestone in... |
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Port of Green Bay shows some improvement despite lag |
While July numbers for the Port of Green Bay continue to lag in the face of a still-recovering economy, they are showing... |
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Seaway traffic declines by roughly 21% in recession |
St. Lawrence Seaway traffic suffer under the weight of the recession in July, the latest figures show.
Year-to-date numbers... |
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Local authors share experiences aboard Great Lakes freighter |
The journey aboard a Great Lakes freighter from Chicago to Holland that ended last summer really began more than 120 years... |
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Port on roll |
The Port of Thunder Bay is riding against the tide of recession.
Traffic coming in and out of the port is up 25 per cent... |
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