Maritime shipping in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway supports more than 35,000 jobs in Michigan and more than 315,000 in the United States, according to a study released Friday.

All the clamor about tariffs and trade wars did not slow down international trade on the Great Lakes last year. International shipping through the Saint Lawrence Seaway into the Great Lakes had ...

BELLEVILLE, ON, Sept. 28, 2023 /CNW/ - Members of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (Cities Initiative) were delighted to join the Hon. Steven Guilbeault, Canada's Minister of ...

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership announces the release of Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, a year-long ...

The waterway consists of the St. Lawrence River and the five Great Lakes, and touches eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. There are 16 locks that need to be opened, ...

The St. Lawrence Seaway’s 62nd navigation season kicked off on Tuesday with the transit of the Canadian-flagged cement carrier NACC Argonaut through Lock 8 on the Welland Canal. Then, in the ...

She said that the resources that go into researching just how to do that will be a little easier with the aid of the other 244 communities in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative.

In 2015, the Seaway did not open until April 2 due to ice buildup on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. In 2018, the Seaway opened on March 29. In 2009, it opened on March 31.

Mayor Malik Evans joined several U.S. and Canadian mayors of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence initiatives Wednesday morning to raise awareness of the possible long-term economic impacts of 25% ...

Gov. Eric Holcomb proclaimed Monday Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Appreciation Day at the urging of state Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso, to mark the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement the United ...

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System as amended a Planned Outage at Lock 7. Mariners are advised of a revision to the preplanned closure at Lock 7 for the replacement of Gates 1 and 2.

Feb 12, 2021 — The Great Lakes' commercial fishery is nothing like what it was a hundred years ago. But from Lake Superior to Lake Ontario to the St. Lawrence River, there are still people who ...