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Breaking the ice: delivering the goods to the Arctic in a pandemic

Arctic haulers race against time and COVID-19

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Great Lakes-Seaway shipping helps clear container backlog with ship transit from Montreal to Toronto

For the first time in over a decade, a ship is transporting containerized goods from Montreal to Toronto via the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system.

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What Next? Partnering with Marine for Post-pandemic Economic Recovery

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence shipping has demonstrated for many years that it is a safe ‘port in a storm’. The Chamber of Marine Commerce’s proposals will support an innovative, safe and environmentally smart future for Canada and the U.S.

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Port of Goderich creates expanded “marine gateway” for Southwestern Ontario

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence shipping has demonstrated for many years that it is a safe ‘port in a storm’. The Chamber of Marine Commerce’s proposals will support an innovative, safe and environmentally smart future for Canada and the U.S.

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Hamilton Port growth demonstrates the value of infrastructure investment

Federal government National Trade Corridors funding catalyst for $50 million in private sector investment

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Trash Talk

The Seabin invention is changing the way PortsToronto and Port of Hamilton are cleaning up harbours

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COVID-19 Stories: Interview with Captain Peter Norman

Captain Peter Norman boarded the AlgoCanada after his rest rotation back home with his wife and two sons, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was escalating in Canada.

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Crew Stories: Sailing the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence during COVID-19

Canadian ship operators have created a detailed set of best practices to protect their crews and shoreside employees during COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Stories: Interview with Captain Ray Davis

It isn’t easy to social distance on a tug. The Sharon M, just under 35 metres long, regularly pushes a barge carrying cargo — on this trip loaded with steel coils and plates from Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie destined for U.S. cities for auto production.

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COVID-19 stories: Interview with Captain James Ryan

Aboard the CSL Assiniboine, the crew of 22 are hard at work delivering Western Prairie grain from the Port of Thunder Bay. As a domestic Laker, the vessel sails within the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region and on this particular trip will transport canola to Quebec, where it will be transloaded onto an ocean-going vessel to be exported overseas. Grain has been in high demand across the world as consumers and countries stock up on food staples during the pandemic.

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