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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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