U.S. Great Lakes-Seaway ports still feeling COVID-19 impact 

The latest results show that Great Lakes-Seaway shipping continues to feel the impact of the global pandemic.

According to the latest numbers from the St. Lawrence Seaway, tonnage through the bi-national transportation corridor totaled 3.9 million metric tons in July to bring the year-to-date total (from April 1 to July 31) to nearly 15.6 million metric tons, or just less than 8% below a year ago.

Year-to-date shipments of iron ore (down 13%), coal (down 16%), dry bulk (down 12%) and liquid bulk...

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High water and pandemic challenge Great Lakes-Seaway shipping

Just as the 2020 shipping season on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway was getting underway, the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up in North America. The challenges and necessities of the pandemic are reflected in port tonnage totals for the start of the season.

“The start of the shipping season on part of the St. Lawrence Seaway was delayed for 12 days due to high-water levels on Lake Ontario,” Bruce Burrows, president and CEO of the Chamber of Marine Commerce, said in a prepared statement. “Once...

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