Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System – Page 3

26 Sep

Freighter freed two days after grounding in St. Lawrence Seaway

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, shipping

(CORNWALL, Ontario) — A grounded cement carrier that ran aground Sunday in the St. Lawrence Seaway, blocking the transit of more than a dozen ships, was refloated Tuesday morning with the assistance of tugboats, according to news reports and the waterway's managers. NACC Argonaut was en route from Montreal to Oshawa, Ontario, when it grounded between St. Regis and Cornwall…

22 Sep

Construction cargoes drive Great Lakes traffic in August

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Ports, shipping

(OTTAWA, Ontario) — Overall shipping activity on the U.S. Great Lakes in 2023 continues in lockstep with the previous year, with approximately 19.9 million tonnes of total cargo traffic traveling the seaway system for the year to date. In 2022, the total traffic to the end of August was 19.8 million tonnes. While there has been year-to-year variation in the…

15 Sep

Canadian Coast Guard dedicates third converted icebreaker

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Icebreakers, shipbuilding

(QUEBEC CITY) — Icebreakers are an essential component of the Canadian Coast Guard fleet, ensuring safe navigation, preventing ice jams and flooding, and keeping shipping routes open. On Monday, CCGS Vincent Massey, the third of three medium interim icebreakers, was officially welcomed to the fleet at a dedication ceremony in Quebec City. At the dockside event, the sponsor of the…

06 Sep

Great Lakes limestone trade up 4.4 percent in August

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Ports, shipping

(CLEVELAND) — Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4 million tons in August, an increase of 4.4 percent from a year ago. Limestone cargoes were above the month’s five-year average by 3.7 percent. Loadings from U.S. quarries totaled 3.3 million tons, an increase of 5 percent compared to 2022. Shipments from Canadian quarries totaled 754,178 tons, an increase…

28 Aug

New Great Lakes pilotage rule would boost costs 5 percent

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Pilots, Ports, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard has announced in the Federal Register the proposed establishment of new Great Lakes pilotage rates for the 2024 shipping season. In accordance with the statutory provisions enacted by the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960, the Coast Guard is proposing new pilotage rates for the 2024 shipping season. The Coast Guard estimates that this…

22 Aug

Iron ore, steel pace U.S. Great Lakes shipping in July

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Ports, shipping

(OTTAWA, Ontario) — U.S. Great Lakes shipping activity continues to be on par with the previous year, as approximately 15.7 million tonnes of total cargo traveled the St. Lawrence Seaway system for the year to date. Two key steel-making commodities continue to show strong traffic volumes, with more than 3 million metric tonnes of iron ore moving through the system…

03 Aug

Breached bulk carrier spills diesel into Lake Michigan

Rich MillerCasualty NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, U.S. Coast Guard

(MANISTEE, Mich.) — U.S. Coast Guard personnel, along with state and local agencies, responded Wednesday to a report of the bulk carrier Manitowoc spilling diesel in Lake Michigan, approximately 1.5 nautical miles off Manistee, Mich. At approximately 2:50 p.m., the 612-foot Manitowoc reported a hull breach on its starboard diesel tank. The maximum spill potential is 45,174 gallons of diesel.…

24 Jul

Report touts economic power of Great Lakes-Seaway System

Rich MillerMaritime News, UncategorizedGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — At a virtual press conference Friday featuring U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, a binational public-private coalition of maritime organizations released a new economic impact study of shipping on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. The eight-month project was conducted by Martin Associates of Lancaster, Pa., a national leader in economic analysis…

17 Jul

Iron ore, steel setting pace for U.S. Great Lakes shipping

Rich MillerMaritime NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Ports, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — Consistency in a resilient economy has been the theme to date for U.S. Great Lakes shipping thus far in 2023, as approximately 12 million tonnes of total cargo traffic have now transited the seaway system for the year to date – virtually identical to the same period in 2022. Iron ore and coal, two key commodities for steelmaking,…

16 Jun

Ohio’s Kaptur receives Champion of the Great Lakes award

Rich MillerIndustry NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — The Chamber of Marine Commerce has awarded its 2023 Champion of the Great Lakes award to U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, in honor of her ongoing commitment to enhancing sustainable economic growth through investment and support for domestic marine shipping. Kaptur has spent her entire career focusing attention on the need for the U.S. government to invest more…