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The Minnesota Statewide Ports and Waterways Plan is an effort to enhance the role of Minnesota ports and waterways in global, national, statewide, regional, and local transportation needs.

Québec's Maritime Strategy, the first such strategy in Québec’s history, presents a perspective up to 2030 and sets out an action plan for the period 2015-2020.

The plan seeks to foster sustainable growth in Québec’s maritime economy and encourage the creation of quality jobs in all regions of Québec. It also seeks to protect the integrity of Québec’s river and marine ecosystems while enhancing the betterment of communities in the maritime territory.

The Poe Locks, connecting Lakes Huron and Superior, are a potential single point of failure in the iron mining - steel production - manufacturing supply chain. 

This report provides the maritime community with information on the level of investments being made in Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system. 

This report provides an assessment of the environmental and social impacts of cargo carried by marine vessels on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system and alternative transportation methods.

The environmental and social impacts of maritime shipping were compared to alternative transportation methods. This comparative analysis shows the impacts between avenues of transportation, giving policymakers and stakeholders a common understanding of the choices available and the consequences of those choices

This website promotes maritime careers in both the U.S. and Canada by providing information on how to become a mariner as well as displaying current job opportunities in the maritime industry for shipboard positions. 

This report measures safety performance across the entire bi-national Great Lakes-Seaway

Summary of the challenges and opportunities for growing the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Navigation System

The Strategy for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Maritime transportation