Saint Lawrence Seaway

Worldwide Deep Sea, Coastal and Great Lakes Market to 2030 - Featuring Carnival, K-Line America & Seacor Holdings Among Others

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Thursday, June 11, 2020
Eastern Canada, Bodies of water, Physical geography, Water, Great Lakes, Great Lakes region, Landforms, Ship, Lake, Sea, Port, Saint Lawrence Seaway

It places the market within the context of the wider deep sea, coastal, and great lakes market, and compares it with other markets.

Key Points: 
  • It places the market within the context of the wider deep sea, coastal, and great lakes market, and compares it with other markets.
  • The deep sea, coastal, and great lakes transportation market consists of sales of deep sea, coastal, and great lakes transportation services by entities (organizations, sole traders and partnerships) that provide deep sea, coastal, and great lakes transportation of passengers and cargo using watercraft, such as ships, barges, and boats.
  • Asia Pacific was the largest region in the global deep sea, coastal, and great lakes market, accounting for 45% of the market in 2019.
  • Western Europe was the second largest region accounting for 32% of the global deep sea, coastal, and great lakes market.

Fertilizer industry and conservation partners collaborate to advance 4R Nutrient Stewardship in the Western Lake Erie Basin

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Thursday, August 8, 2019
Canada–United States border, Saint Lawrence Seaway, Fertilizer, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Agriculture, Articles, Industries, Geography of Canada

We continue to work with Ontario crop and conservation partners to increase adoption of 4R Nutrient Stewardship ensuring the Great Lakes remain drinkable, swimmable and fishable.

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  • We continue to work with Ontario crop and conservation partners to increase adoption of 4R Nutrient Stewardship ensuring the Great Lakes remain drinkable, swimmable and fishable.
  • While agriculture is only one of several sources of dissolved phosphorous, the fertilizer industry has invested significantly in helping growers in the Lake Erie watershed reduce losses by adopting the 4R Nutrient Stewardship approach to guide their fertilizer application practices.
  • 4R Nutrient Stewardship is a recognized part of the Ontario Government's strategy to reduce nutrient losses from Ontario farmland referencing 4R in the Canada-Ontario Lake Erie Action Plan and the Made-in-Ontario Environmental Plan.
  • As the unified voice of the Canadian fertilizer industry, Fertilizer Canada works to promote the safe, responsible, and sustainable distribution and use of fertilizer.

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Economic Impacts Study Results Released

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Transport, Water, Great Lakes Waterway, Saint Lawrence Seaway, Water transportation in the United States, Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

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 study of the economic impacts of the entire Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system.

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  • 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 study of the economic impacts of the entire Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system.
  • The study reports that in 2017 maritime commercesupported:
    The study also highlights the specific economic benefits of key navigation infrastructure, such as the St. Lawrence Seaway locks and the Soo Locks.
  • The study reports that in 2017:
    92,661 jobs were generated by cargo transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway locks
    "This report validates what we've long known that the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway is crucial to the US economy," says Craig H. Middlebook, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
  • * The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System includes impacts of domestic and international cargo that has travelled at some point through the Great Lakes, its connecting rivers and the St. Lawrence Seaway (ending at St. Lambert Lock in Montreal).