St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

Chamber of Marine Commerce: Seaway navigation season of to a strong start

The Chamber of Marine Commerce reports that early tonnage figures show a strong start for the 66th Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season demonstrating the resilience, predictability, and sustainability of the binational system.

Early fleet positioning due to low winter ice coverage on the Great Lakes jump-started the grain and potash Seaway navigation season. Canadian and U.S. grain totals increased by 39,000 tonnes over the previous year, totaling approximately 1.21 million tonnes...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/chamber-of-marine-commerce-seaway-navigation-season-of-to-a-strong-start/

St. Lawrence Seaway strike ends

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/

Unifor strike closes St. Lawrence Seaway

After negotiators failed to reach an agreement, St. Lawrence Seaway workers went on strike just before midnight Saturday. As we reported earlier, their union, Unifor, had filed a 72-hour strike notice on October 18, setting a strike deadline of Saturday, October 21 at 11:59 p.m.

The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC), which is responsible for the Canadian portion of the Seaway, says that an orderly shutdown of the system took place during the 72-hour notice period allowing for...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/unifor-strike-closes-st-lawrence-seaway/

Strike could close the St. Lawrence Seaway

On October 18, Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector trade union notified the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation that its members are ready to strike as of midnight on Saturday, October 21, 2023, which would effectively shut down transit through the Seaway.

Management of the Seaway is shared by the U.S. and Canada and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation is responsible for the movement of marine traffic through the Canadian Seaway facilities, which consists of 13 of the 15...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/strike-could-close-the-st-lawrence-seaway/