Media Release

May 8, 2012 Windsor-Detroit Will Benefit From Cross-Border Initiatives

Windsor, Ontario — The Windsor-Detroit corridor is expected to be one of the first regions to benefit from the initiatives promised in the Beyond the Border Declaration recently signed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama.

April 2, 2012 Port of Green Bay Earns Seaway Pacesetter Award for Increase in International Tonnage

Contact: Nancy Alcalde (SLSDC)

Tel: 202-366-0091

Port of Green Bay Earns Seaway Pacesetter Award

for Increase in International Tonnage

March 28, 2012 Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Earns Seaway Pacesetter Award for Increase in International Tonnage

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Contact: Nancy Alcalde (SLSDC)

Tel: 202-366-0091

March 15, 2012 Marine Industry Celebrates Opening of Season With Seaway Week

Ottawa, Ontario — The Great Lakes-Seaway navigation season will kick off next week with a series of events celebrating the economic significance of the marine shipping industry.

Dubbed “Seaway Week”, the events will include the traditional Opening Day ceremony of the St. Lawrence Seaway at the Welland Canal on March 22^nd.

February 24, 2012 New York Amends Ballast Water Rules

Washington, D.C. – The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) today modified its ballast water discharge permit and extended the deadline by which ship owners have to comply with state rules.

February 24, 2012 Cloud of uncertainty for Canadian marine shipping lifted

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Julia Fields

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February 14, 2012 Port of Oshawa Creates 300 Jobs for Region: Study

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Julia Fields
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February 7, 2012 Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Opens Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve

Connecting People and Nature on the Waterfront is integral to Port’s Strategic Action Plan

The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority officially opened the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve today, providing public access to a unique 88-acre urban wildlife habitat.

The Preserve is a man-made peninsula on the Lake Erie shoreline and a haven for a variety of migratory birds, butterflies and animals. Located at the northern end of Martin Luther King Jr.
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February 1, 2012 U.S. Seaway Asset Renewal Tour Highlights Economic Contributions to North Country

U.S. Seaway Asset Renewal Tour Highlights Economic Contributions to North Country

Washington, D.C. (February 1, 2012)– The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC), an agency of the U.S.
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January 10, 2012 City of St. Catharines Rejects New York Ballast Water Regulations

Ottawa, Ontario — St. Catharines city council has unanimously passed a resolution opposing New York’s “unachievable” incoming ballast water regulations and have urged the American and Canadian governments to take all possible measures to stop them from being implemented as proposed.
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