Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Who is SLSDC? Safety Resources/Tools The SLSDC is a wholly owned government corporation Safety Study responsible for the operations and maintenance of the U.S. portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway between A 2014 report, Safety Profile of the Great and Lake Erie. This includes maintaining and operating the two U.S. Seaway locks in Massena, NY, and Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, for performing vessel traffic control operations in areas of the first time documents the safety the St. Lawrence River and . framework and performance of marine transport across the bi-national Great What does SLSDC do? Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway system. The SLSDC operates and maintains the U.S. infrastructure Click to learn more about the Safety and waters of the St. Lawrence Seaway, while performing Profile of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence economic and trade development activities focused on economic enhancement for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System report: Seaway System. Its mission is to serve the marine transportation industry by providing a safe, secure, Executive Summary reliable, efficient, and competitive deep draft international waterway, in cooperation with . Full Report Safety Program System-wide Safety Practices SLSDC Safety Goal The SLSDC promotes Seaway System safety through traffic control The SLSDC promotes navigation and workplace safety by reducing vessel incidents and procedures, binational rules and employee injuries. regulations for Seaway transit accepted in both U.S. and Canadian waters, vessel Enhanced Seaway Inspection (ESI) Program speed surveillance, deployment of fixed Under ESI, the SLSDC inspects all ocean vessels and floating navigation aids, operation of on their initial transit into the St. Lawrence weather and visibility stations, water Seaway each navigation season. The inspections focus on safety and environmental protection level and flow-rate monitoring, and issues. emergency response capabilities. Safety Through Technology Safety Management The SLSDC enhances vessel safety and traffic The SLSDC implements a modernized management by utilizing the Global Positioning Safety Management System (SMS) to System (GPS)-based Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Draft Information System (DIS) preserve, promote, and protect the technologies and related systems. A new safety and wellbeing of the Seaway Hands-Free Mooring system will be operational infrastructure and the SLSDC workforce at all Seaway locks by 2019. with 21st century techniques.

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