The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) and its Canadian counterpart the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) opened the binational waterway’s 67th…
https://gcaptain.com/st-lawrence-seaway-launches-67th-navigation-season/
The Canadian-flagged bulk carrier M/V Tim S Dool has been successfully refloated after spending more than three weeks aground on Crysler Shoal in the St. Lawrence River, part of the…
Wendover Production’s latest video, “How Inland Waterways Work,” the spotlight is on the often-overlooked yet vital network of U.S. inland waterways that power much of the economy. These rivers and…
https://gcaptain.com/watch-how-u-s-inland-waterways-quietly-keep-the-economy-afloat/
The St. Lawrence Seaway has seen a substantial increase in cargo shipments for the 2024 navigation season. As of August 31, 19.5 million metric tons of cargo have been transported…
https://gcaptain.com/st-lawrence-seaway-reports-significant-cargo-increase/
German shipping company the Briese Group has taken delivery of a new multi-purpose cargo vessel built by Taizhou Sanfu Heavy Industry of China. BBC Leer will be operated under a long-term time charter with BBC Chartering for worldwide trading. It is the first unit in a series of 15 triple-deck...
The binational St. Lawrence Seaway has kicked of its 66th navigation season. Key stakeholders and representatives from the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) and U.S. Great Lakes St. Lawrence…
https://gcaptain.com/st-lawrence-seaway-kicks-off-66th-navigation-season/
Following a tentative agreement between the Canadian union Unifor and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC), efforts are now underway to clear the backlog of ships that were stuck…
The St. Lawrence Seaway was set to reopen today after mediated negotiations between the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) and the Unifor union produced a tentative agreement.
The 364 Unifor members who have been on strike since October 22 were set to go back to work at 7.00 a.m. this morning. The SLMC said that it had begun to implement its recovery and will start
passing ships progressively as of today.
The tentative agreement covers Unifor members at Locals 4211, 4212 and 4323...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/st-lawrence-seaway-strike-ends/
OTTAWA, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The union representing St. Lawrence Seaway workers in eastern Canada said it reached a tentative labor agreement on Sunday, ending a week-long strike that shut down a…
https://gcaptain.com/st-lawrence-seaway-reach-tentative-deal-ending-strike/
The St. Lawrence Seaway remains closed to traffic by strike action today. It seems likely to remain closed until some time after Friday, when negotiations are expected to resume.
Since the strike began at midnight this past Saturday, both parties to the dispute, the Unifor union and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC), met individually with Canadian Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan and Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez, who urged them to return to the table.
Now...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/seaway-strike-negotiations-set-to-resume/