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FY2024 Great Lakes Navigation Budget Breakdown

The Biden Administration has proposed a total of $1.683 billion from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) for the Corps’ deep draft coastal navigation O&M program. Of this total, $275... Read More

President’s FY2024 Budget Prioritizes Great Lakes Navigation

New details have been provided about President Biden’s FY2024 budget proposal. The budget, which was released on March 9, includes several important programs for the Great Lakes region.  Great Lakes Region... Read More

U.S. Lawmakers Urge Canada to Provide More Financial Support for the Great Lakes

President Joe Biden will travel to Ottawa, Canada from March 23-24. The President will reaffirm the United States’ commitment to the U.S.-Canada partnership and promote the two countries’ shared security, shared prosperity and shared... Read More

LOGISTEC to Acquire Fednav’s Terminal Division

LOGISTEC Stevedoring Inc., a subsidiary of LOGISTEC Corporation (TSX: LGT.A and LGT.B), (“LOGISTEC”), has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Canadian and U.S. marine terminal business of Fednav, including... Read More

Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, Receives FY 23 Funding

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is receiving $37 million in the Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan for operations and maintenance (O&M) of Detroit District river and harbor... Read More

Coast Guard Finalizes 2023 Great Lakes Pilotage Rates

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has published a Final Rule in the Federal Register outlining U.S. Great Lakes pilotage rates for the 2023 shipping season. The agency had first published... Read More

Shipwreck Society Discovers the Nucleus in Lake Superior

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) has announced the discovery of the 144-foot Barquentine Nucleus. The Nucleus was found under 600 feet of water around 40 miles northwest of Vermilion point... Read More

American Lakers Invest $126 Million in the Great Lakes States

U.S. shipping companies operating exclusively on the Great Lakes transitioned from sailing to the annual process of repairing, maintaining and modernizing their fleet of lakers.  Vessels ranging in length from... Read More

Task Force Asks Biden Administration for $425 Million for Great Lakes

A bipartisan Congressional task force has asked President Biden to include more money for the Great Lakes in his 2024 fiscal year budget.  The letter, signed by Democratic Congresswoman Debbie... Read More

More Than 36 Million Metric Tons Transited System in 2022

More than 36 million metric tons (mmt) of cargo transited the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System during the 2022 navigation season, according to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC)... Read More