Maritime Transportation And Shipping Talk

The 2008 shipping season into the Great Lakes is finished for this time. This concludes this the 50th Navigation Season into the Great Lakes. The first section of the Seaway from Montreal to Lake Ontario was kept open until December 30th (280 days)and the Welland Canal section was kept open until December 31st.
The year had seen some decrease in traffic volume mostly due to decrease in Steel Imports and Grain Exports.
Looking back and the year passed there was some very good news and one of them was the uniform ballast water management for all ships trading into the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Seaway issued a press release on January 6th and you can read it here!