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Port of Muskegon Receives First Seaway Pacesetter Award
Port of Muskegon accepted their first Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. In conjunction with Port Milwaukee visiting the Port of Muskegon, Rebecca Yackley, International Trade Specialist at the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC), presented the award to Chuck Canestraight, President of Port City Marine Services, a Sand Products…
Read MoreBustling Duluth-Superior port awarded for international heft
Eyeballing both the Duluth-Superior port activity and online vessel tracking sites these days reveals a shipping trade swarming the Great Lakes. “It’s definitely busy out there,” Jayson Hron of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority said. Further testament to steady shipping traffic came Wednesday, when the Port of Duluth-Superior received its 17th Pacesetter Award — a…
Read MorePort of Duluth-Superior receives award for shipping season tonnage increase
The Duluth-Superior Port has received an award for seeing an increase in international cargo tonnage increase during the 2018 shipping season. The Pacesetter award, which is given by the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, was presented to port officials Wednesday. Officials say the Duluth-Superior port saw an 11.5% increase of international cargo shipments,…
Read MoreLawmakers lauded for supporting ports, maritime industry
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) presented the 2019 Port Person of the Year award to Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Fla. The award was presented last week following the Congressional PORTS Caucus in Washington, D.C. Díaz-Balart (pictured above center) is the ranking member of the House Appropriation Committee’s Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD)…
Read MoreCruise Ships Could Dock at Komatsu Mining’s Planned Milwaukee Headquarters
Port of Milwaukee officials want to make the waterfront at Komatsu Mining Corp.’s planned headquarters campus an overnight docking spot for some of the biggest cruise ships in the Great Lakes. The port is actively pursuing more business from the Great Lakes cruise industry, said Adam Schlicht, port director. Historically, Milwaukee attracted about four or…
Read MoreCouncil Moves to Confirm New Port Director
Adam Schlicht has dreams of growing the port through international marketing. Members of the Common Council have given initial approval to the appointment of Adam Schlicht to lead the city’s port. Schlicht was nominated to head Port Milwaukee by Mayor Tom Barrett on May 30th. For the past ten years Schlicht, who grew up in…
Read MorePort Unloads 5,000 Tons of Steel
About 5,000 tons of steel were unloaded at Port Milwaukee’s Terminal Two Monday afternoon. News media were invited to the port to see the rolled bundles of steel being moved from the ship, the Federal Champlain, to the warehouse nearby. Port Milwaukee Spokesperson Jeff Fleming said the steel will then be shipped via truck or…
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Read MoreGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System continues to be reliable agriculture shipping route
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System continues to be reliable agriculture shipping route US grain shipments up over 41 percent year over year through September Great Lakes Seaway Partnership announced the tonnage report for traffic through the St. Lawrence System through September, 2022. The numbers show that the Seaway System continues to provide a reliable global…
Read MoreReliable shipping on Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System continues in June
Reliable shipping on Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System continues in June U.S. grain and dry bulk shipments remain up from 2021 The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership today reported monthly tonnage for shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway for June, with numbers indicating continued reliability and productivity on the System. U.S. ports on the Great Lakes…
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