Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS)
Nine Great Lakes Ports Receive Pacesetter Award
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) has announced that nine U.S. ports in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System received its Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award... Read More
GLS Takes Delivery of Tug Seaway Trident
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) has taken delivery of a new ice-class tugboat for maintenance operations. The Seaway Trident arrived in Massena, New York, on May... Read More
65th Opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway
The 2023 navigation season on the St. Lawrence Seaway is now underway. On Wednesday, March 22, 2023, Terence Bowles, president and CEO of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC),... 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
Adam Tindall-Schlicht Named Seaway Administrator
On Friday, November 4, 2022, the White House announced President Biden’s appointment of former Milwaukee port director, Adam Tindall-Schlicht, as the next administrator of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway... Read More
Sustaining Economic Growth
The Vital Role of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation I often say that the Great Lakes region is the workhorse that powers our nation. Driving America’s industrial and... Read More
Preparing For The Unknown: Seaway, Port Officials Welcome First Ships Of 2022 Navigation Season
With the COVID-19 pandemic seeming to ebb, seaway and port officials are cautiously optimistic about the 2022 season. “It’s amazing how each navigation season has its own character and its... Read More
House Appropriations Committee Approves Port and Seaway Funds
On June 30, the House Appropriations Committee voted to approve the FY2023 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill (THUD). The legislation funds key federal programs of interest to Great... Read More
Calculated Improvements: Downtime Ensures Reliability at Canadian and U.S. Locks
Between December 2021 and March 2022, The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) is investing more than C$75 million to complete major maintenance work for its bridges, locks and canals.... Read More
Face Time: Facial Biometrics Could Come to Great Lakes Cruising
As cruise travel slowly resumed last summer following the Covid shutdown, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) worked closely with participating cruise lines in public-private partnerships to implement facial biometrics... Read More