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Infrastructure Investment Survey of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway System

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

By helping to understand the investments being made in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, this study helps illustrate confidence in the future viability of the navigation system and optimism regarding the region’s economy. The study also provides useful context for public sector spending. Both the U.S. and Canadian governments make annual investments in navigation infrastructure. These investments must be justified and shown as a responsible use of public funds. Data from this study helps demonstrate that public investment in locks, aids to navigation and port infrastructure is being matched or exceeded by the private sector investments in vessels, terminals, and equipment

Type
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Issue
Maritime Transportation
Organization
Martin Associates
Publication Date
January 1 2015
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Final Targets for Lake Erie Phosphorus Control

Updated on: February 13 2019

The United States and Canada adopted phosphorus load reduction targets to combat Lake Erie algal blooms. 

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The Economic Impacts of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System

Updated on: November 2 2018

This report provides a realistic assessment of the contributions made by the Great Lakes-Seaway system to the state, provincial, regional and national economies. This analysis estimates the combined U.S. and Canadian economic impacts of all marine cargo moving on the bi-national Great Lakes-Seaway system, including domestic cargo moving between U.S. ports; domestic cargo moving between Canadian ports; cross-lake cargo moving between the U.S. and Canada; and international cargo moving between system ports and overseas ports. 

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Québec's Martime Strategy

Updated on: December 28 2017

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.

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An Analysis of an Unexpected Closure of the Poe Locks and its Impact

Updated on: October 3 2017

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

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Environmental and Social Impacts of Marine Transport In the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Region

Updated on: September 25 2017

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

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Wisconsin's State Freight Plan

Updated on: September 22 2017

The State Freight Plan (SFP) provides a vision for multimodal freight transportation and positions the state to remain competitive in the global marketplace.

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Pennsylvania's Comprehensive Freight Movement Plan

Updated on: September 22 2017

Freight transportation represents a key competitiveness factor for Pennsylvania’s businesses. To ensure the Pennsylvania multimodal freight transportation system supports and enhances efficient goods movement and sustainable economic growth, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) in coordination with the state’s 24 planning partners and numerous statewide freight stakeholders led the development of Pennsylvania’s first ever multimodal statewide freight plan. 

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Ohio's Statewide Freight Plan

Updated on: September 22 2017

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) developed this plan as a guide to inform and support future infrastructure investments on Ohio’s multi-modal freight network and to retain and attract jobs and commerce.

Ohio’s freight delivery system is made up of many types of infrastructure including roads, waterways and ports, railroads and air freight. They are interconnected, and together form multimodal corridors that cross the state, country and world.

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New York's State Freight Transportation Plan

Updated on: September 22 2017

The report ties together the many freight-planning efforts throughout the state in an effort to identify exisiting conditions and planned pgrogress to enhancing the movement of goods throughout the state.

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