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U.S. Department of Transportation • Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation continued 2 on page el is enjoying boom el is enjoying e d and canola also n mt transiting Seaway e lio liest days, Ports the Twin rs. Typically, wheat is the hile st e accounting for the lion’s share the lion’s for accounting of the rest. the Seaway’s From ear W times, grain are shipments well. quite also doing The 5.8 mil a 31 percent represent locks num- last summer’s rise over b ofleader with the pack soy- beans, corn, beans, peas, flaxse ortion. ania. the single As industrial largest in material v l onnage suggests,onnage of ton each for handled steel creates venue. eel port in the system, of Port Ontario’s Hamilton, e y t nnsy e eaway and are destined to these ports these destined to and others and are eaway es, manufacturing applications is used in countless steel ain mover out ofain mover out the Port wa maining p r est st e ea ee headed through the Seaway. d Stat usiness r 480 g the r e s larg auk ’ otal S an and P f ing the S .L. w nit da ear’s level for grain for level shipments.ear’s early yet, “It’s a chance have so we il porting excellent numbers this season. “We’ve handled more than this season. handled numbers more porting excellent “We’ve hig e President ofe President Authority. Port the Hamilton for Marketing noted He ough the 2006 navigation season suggests that a strong year is year ough that a strong the 2006 navigation suggests season e M the t ic ansit ana ic f ugust reflects an increase of an increase ugust reflects the 2005 numbers, to compared 13 percent f r The P o A review of halfway than a little more data collected tonnage Seaway thr underway. of end the through this year traffic The tonnage overall A as well. above transits running 7 percent and vessel are winners The big steel,are grain, and salt, ore iron and salt with products petroleum as well. increase showing respectable Imports of ranging slabs, commodities and steel from iron coils, bars and rods, metric 1,307,000 (mt) over pipes up by and fittings ton to are at this time.last year is almost entirely the Seaway for General cargo the category and and steel jumped 75 percent.iron 3 million mt With this year, recorded unofficially ports the steel of Cleveland, Burns last year. over all reporting increases are and Detroit Harbor Typically, of about two-thirds for portsthese three account the imported steel with Chicago, the Seaway through up picking Toledo and Milwaukee most o of a tenth Roughly imports steel via arrive vessels ocean the Nation’s t in Ohio, areas shore industrialized heavily dotting lake Indiana, Illinois, M the U of maintained bragging rights U.S. have Duluth-Superior as the top grain Lakes. ports in the Great This year, the port reach is looking to last y up,catch to shooting duplicating last year’s for right but we’re now numbers,” Johnson, said Ron Director. Marketing Tonnage, Transit, Trends and construction projects. than its 11 percent importance is far more Its o $250 in b C is r 800,000 mt of of the end through steel August, anticipating this and are end,” growth year’s will through strong said Bob Matthews, continue V numbers. 2005 over surge a 38 percent that this represents S ’ .com Craig H. Craig Middlebrook continued 2 on page resident and resident O anagement Con- anagement 2 COLUMN d as P rs ofrs the Overseas e FALL 2006 FALL ement Consultant at Consultant ement o r M v

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S Acting Administrator’s Column, continued from page 1 to further our mission of serving the marine transporta- tion industries by providing a safe, reliable, efficient, and e Chief Executive Officer of FastShip Atlantic, Inc. Earlier in competitive deep-draft international waterway. There is his career, he served as Senior Vice President and Director a full portfolio of important issues that affect the entire a of Presidential Airways, Inc. Mr. Johnson received his Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System, ranging from bachelor’s degree from Yale University and his law degree the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Study to ballast w from the University of Virginia. water to promoting the System through the Hwy H2O effort. A new Administrator will bring new energy and

a The SLSDC’s dedicated employees look forward to having new ideas to these and other efforts, and we can all look a new Administrator in place to lead the organization and forward to that! y

C Tonnage, Transit, Trends continued from page 1 first been beneficiated into taconite pellets near the mines. Two other commodities doing well this year include salt o Toledo, a major grain port in the Lakes, reports a 129 per- (23 percent jump) and chemicals (up 29 percent). Coal cent jump over last year’s pace with corn standing out as shipped through the Seaway, largely out of Sandusky, m the lead commodity. “We’re delighted with the increase in Ashtabula and Conneaut, is maintaining last year’s pace. ocean vessels moving grain out of our terminals; usually According to the Lake Carriers Association, however, the the focus is heavily laker-oriented, so that’s great news,” intralake numbers show that 20.4 million mt in 2006 is

p said Joe Cappel, seaport Marketing Representative for roughly one million tons below last year’s effort at this time. the port. Transit data is positive. Sixty-five percent of transits of ass Milwaukee’s port also is posting superb grain numbers. commercial vessels-largely lakers and salties-have been “Through the end of August we’re just shy of shipping loaded. With almost half of the season completed, there 300,000 tons of grain and P.L. 480 cargo from our grain have been 172 more transits over last year’s pace and the elevator through the Seaway, and that’s a 140 percent percentage of loaded ships is more than 8 percent above jump over the figures for last year at this time,” said last year’s pace. To date the total transits are 2,365. Betty Nowak, the port’s Marketing Manager. Project cargo moving on the Great Lakes Seaway System Ontario’s Port of Thunder Bay is the largest outbound is this year’s “big story”.The hot commodity is wind tur- port in the Great Lakes Seaway system and is synonymous bines as communities throughout North America seek with grain. Through the end of August, Tim Heney, Port alternate power sources to reduce pollution and depend- Director, says his port has handled 3.7 million mt, up 9 ence on fossil fuels. This year the Port of Oswego handled percent over last season. "Based on Canadian Wheat eight vessels and two barges of wind turbine parts destined Board projections, we should carry this pace or better for Maple Ridge Wind Farm in Lewis County, . through season end, which means we could ship up to The shipments follow last year’s total of 17 ships and several one million more tons than we did last year," he said. barges trucked to the largest windfarm east of the Mississippi River, noted James Cloonan, Director of Operations. Iron ore, the single largest commodity by tonnage shipped through the waterway this year at 6.7 million mt, is enjoying Meanwhile, a strong season as steelmaking in the and other communi- Canada remains healthy. Essential for steelmaking at inte- ties from the grated steel mills, iron ore prices rose a modest 19 percent Gaspé Peninsula this year after an eye-popping increase of 72 percent on to Minnesota world markets in 2005. Another vital ingredient to the are increasingly basic oxygen furnace method is coke, and this specially turning to the refined coal product is also doing well with a 10 percent waterborne bump up as demand remains strong despite price increases movement of and troubles in the automobile sector. the outsized Wind turbine cargo handled by Lake helices and The ore shipped through Seaway locks originates almost Superior Warehousing Stevedores at the tower bases entirely from the Labrador Trough region of that province Twin Ports. which, due to and Quebec, and moves by lakers primarily to Hamilton, their size, are Ontario, Canada’s steel center. Iron Range ore from difficult to move long distances by rail or truck. Minnesota and Michigan moves largely via the U.S.- flagged fleet 1,000 foot lakers to Upper Lakes ports for rail or truck movement to nearby steel mills after having continued on page 3 2 FALL 2006

S Tonnage, Transit, Trends continued from page 2 “We also expect to begin shipping wind e The Seaway Port of Duluth-Superior is continuing its turbine tower bases surge in shipments of wind turbines handling several by barge to Buffalo in a such projects last year. Danish manufactured parts move a few weeks, so traffic by salty from their North Sea port of Aarhus through the is moving out as well w Seaway to the lakehead. Johnson notes that two ships have as in, as more and arrived with Siemens 2.3 mega watt turbines that will be more people in that a trucked to Mower County near the Iowa-Minnesota border Siemens 2.3 mega watt wind cargo industry learn that where they’ll be erected at one of several windfarms mush- destined for Mower County MN waterborne transport y rooming across the Midwest. A third ship is due in late recently arrived into the Twin Ports. is affordable, reliable September, and the turbines will be trucked to the Bismark, and just plain smart

C North Dakota area. business in moving these large cargoes to their destinations,” said Johnson. o GUEST COLUMNIST more exotic species. To begin with, one of the principle m objectives of Hwy H2O is to help mitigate the congestion and air quality problems we face with our current surface John Jamian, transportation system. As more and more freight finds itself traveling between our two countries, people are p President, Seaway Great growing wary of the daily congestion and increased air Lakes Trade Association emission problems on our already over crowded surface ass transportation system. Seaway Great Lakes Trade Association For our economy to prosper, we have to have a functional and efficient multi modal transportation system. You can- It seems as though not a day goes by where there is yet not just arbitrarily choose to close an important leg of this another news article discussing ways to shut down this vital multi modal system without suffering repercussions. Our transportation system in order to save our lakes from the Great Lakes regional economy is already experiencing invasion of non indigenous species. serious problems. The answer is not to provide fear or close the system down. The answer is in providing solutions Today, many of the environmental groups sell fear and that really work! work towards sabotaging our already fragile Great Lakes regional economy. As the former Acting Administrator Our shipping companies are working aggressively to find of the U.S. Department of Transportations, Maritime a solution to the introduction on non-indigenous species Administration, former Executive Director, of the Detroit through ballast waters discharges. There is technology Wayne County Port Authority and a former State currently being tested that hopefully will solve this problem. Representative in the Michigan Legislature, I have been But this technology has to prove safe for everyone involved involved with our Great Lakes and Seaway transportation while facing certification from the International Maritime system for well over 18 years. I now serve as the president Organization and the U.S. Coast Guard. of the newly created Seaway Great Lakes Trade Association an organization whose mission is to serve as a U.S. based To say that there are 182 invasive species in the lakes with advocacy organization devoted to the efficient and respon- two thirds arriving with the opening of the St. Lawrence sible use of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes trans- Seaway is to also say, that over 60 species arrived on their portation system. Our goal is to ensure the continued own or through another vector. In the big picture, our operation of, and access to, this critical economic resource, Great Lakes have many environmental challenges. We have one on which much of the region’s industrial base relies to a very serious problem with combined sewer overflow into maintain both a domestic and international competitive our lakes every time we have a bad rainstorm. Yet we rarely advantage. see the environmentalist calling to shut down our local wastewater treatment plants. I feel compelled to set the record straight in regards to these misleading articles and give the public a more balanced My point is that the environmentalist should stopped- view of our Seaway and Great Lakes transportation system. dling fear while trying to destroy jobs associated with our transportation industry and instead report truthfully A recent Associated Press article criticized our new Hwy about how involved our industry has been in working to H2O program by stating that the amount of ships will protect our environment. After all the Great Lakes are our double on the Great Lakes, which will in turn deliver back yard also. 3 O and by 2 many during the October many r nt is to promote trade between promote nt is to rences and exhibitions,rences as well e me nf e o e r ld in Ge n at c Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Lawrence Seaway the ag io orkshop. a from evolved The agreement f ration. This will through be accomplished o nerate business opportunities business nerate joint through icipat ual w e ose o eas Bullwinkel, of General Manager the Seaports t g p lab reat Lakes St. Lakes reat Trade System Seaway Lawrence rn Europe and the Great Lakes St. Lakes and the Great rn Europe Seaway Lawrence and Craig H.and Craig Middlebrook,Administrator, Acting Saint ndr ol ing that was he m, (left - right) Eric Reinelt, Director, Port Port, Milwaukee t A e the e . r st int par he SLSDC was charged by the Departmenthe SLSDC by was charged and Repre- he pur y o accelerate the identification and verification of and verification identification the o accelerate treatment Daniel J. Steininger, President, of Board Commissioners, Harbor and CEO of behalf on the SLSMC of Hwy H Mr no S marketing, of an exchange encourage to and information and c jo as an ann me 2005 G Europe. to Mission on two fronts: two on 1) activating a set of incubators” “technology t ocean-going by organism introductions stop to alternatives ships’ ports and harbors Lakes Great and 2) monitoring of introductions new for ships. species by invasive T Obey David (WI)sentative “project with serving as the manager” the FY 2005 earmark for grant of $500,000 of the University to awarded for Superior at Wisconsin research. GSI ballast water of the launching attended officials Seaway “Great the Ships Initiative” in Duluth, 11, July MN on 2006. The $3.5 Lakes the Great in is the first center million research the designedregion specifically developing on focus to of the introduction technology necessary prevent to ocean- by Lakes the Great species into nuisance aquatic ships. going of Niedersachsen. T evelopment Corporation evelopment al initiatives to combat to al initiatives The Saint Lawrence Seaway The Saint Lawrence D in seve- (SLSDC) is involved r ofthe spread species invasive System.in the Seaway One Ships effort is the Great such is (GSI) which Initiative and focusing resources solu- expertise producing on ofproblem the tions to ship- species in invasive mediated O Signs 2 onnage levels (up 63 percent). levels onnage This n August 4,August n 2006, the present to WI o o 2004 t e, e d t e egan the program in 1992. award r Award.r increased for The port earned the award e esetter Award esetter tt wauk y Development Corporation’s Robert J. Robert Corporation’s y Development Lewis C b rt of Receives Milwaukee il lishing a marketing alliance between the two groups. the two between alliance lishing a marketing mpar c o ing the 2005 navigation season (300,000 season ing the 2005 navigation metric tons) ese greement withgreement German ing Administrator, Craig H. Middlebrook, traveled wa a t o c c he marketing initiative,he marketing Hwy H20, the Saint led by ur a ea o M Highway H Highway A Group Port the Great Lakes.the Great 12, July on Announced 2006, pro- the GSI gram the is an industry-led effort by initiated cooperative Institute, Northeast-Midwest with in collaboration the Association. Ports Lakes American Great will It operate Great Ships Initiative Ships Great is the seventh Pacesetter Award for the port the for since Award Pacesetter is the seventh SLSD P A t ofPort port with officials the Saint Lawrence Milwaukee S as c international the St. through tonnage Seaway Lawrence d the Robert J.the Robert Lewis P P T Corporation (SLSDC) Development Seaway Lawrence and the St. Corporation Management Seaway Lawrence (SLSMC), of signed a Memorandum recently Cooperation withthe Seaports of in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen Germany, estab was signed Mr.The agreement by Corfe, Richard President FALL 2006 FALL

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S Water Levels and Flows e Management After the opening of the Seaway in 1959, the International Corporation, have a Joint Commission established a plan for regulating water been active, as mem- use on Lake Ontario and in the St. Lawrence River pur- bers of the Study w suant to the parameters of the 1909 Boundary Waters Board’s Commercial Treaty and the Orders of Approval issued jointly by the Navigation Technical U.S. and Canada in the 1950s. This “Plan 1958-D” took

a Working Group, in effect in 1963 and has governed water use in Lake Ontario. seeking to aid the The St. Lawrence River Study is the first review, in almost y effort to reach a con- half a century, of the criteria that comprise Plan 1958-D. clusion that is truly

C an improvement over The Commission established the International Lake the current plan. Ontario and St. Lawrence River Study Board in 2000 to o undertake the studies needed to evaluate options for regu- While much has lating levels and flows in the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence m changed along Lake River System. Among its stated goals for this study, the Ontario and the St. Commission is seeking to ensure that the results of its Lawrence River in almost half a century, fairly balancing review will yield net economic and environmental competing water usage needs remain as important and p improvements over the existing regulatory plan. The challenging today as ever. By reading the final report Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and (www.ijc.org) and paying attention to this important ass its Canadian counterpart, the St. Lawrence Seaway study, you can help inform decision makers as they reassess the proper balance.

19 with a large Hwy H20 themed mural on both sides of Travis the Traveling the box. The container traveled aboard a modern multi- Container purpose vessel owned by Germany-based BBC Chartering and Logistic. Along with the Hwy H2O container, the ves- A cargo container doubled as a promotional tool during sel was carrying a load of windmill parts. its voyage from Europe to North America, as part of an ongoing effort to encourage container shipping on the A contest was held to see how long it would take Travis Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway. the Traveling Container to journey from Aarhus, Denmark to Duluth, MN. Travis The St. Lawrence traveled by ship across Seaway Management the Atlantic Ocean and Corporation (SLSMC) into the Great Lakes arranged for the 20- Seaway System, a jour- foot container to be ney which took only 13 shipped across the days, 17 hours, and 55 Atlantic Ocean where minutes. The winner it traveled along the St. received a 5-day cruise Lawrence Seaway to the on the St. Lawrence Great Lakes’ largest and River aboard the farthest inland port, Georgian Clipper. This the Ports of Duluth-Superior. demonstrates the convenience and reliability of moving containers on ships directly into the heartland of North The Hwy H2O Traveling Container, also known as Travis, America. was launched from the Port of Aarhus, Denmark on July

5 to Port who held the posi- Chief Officer Executive losely with Fred in withlosely Fred a native ofa native Indiana, grad- d c e as Assistant Port Manager, Port Assistant as k . r n for 20 years,n for this past retired y erations. ilitary Academy and was ilitaryAcademy o eady, place. his taken has p im, io ul Director. The Port ofThe Port is pleased to Buffalo of the promotion announce Yamonaco James Finger, Fred t J port the day-to-day overseeing o Lieutenant Colonel William J. William Colonel Lieutenant L William Colonel Lieutenant Leady, States the United from uated M the United into commissioned as Engineer Officer. Army States CJ9 assignments Prior include Engineer, Forces Combined Command-Afghanistan, Kabul; Deputy Commander,Area 80th Support Group, Mons, Belgium; J w Robert Masson, Robert ulk materials annually.ulk materials The J. Robert b f ndeavors. e e ns o o ur William Leady William t . James Yamonaco James y ear for their increased tonnage shipped the through tonnage increased their ear for Lieutenant Colonel wa . challenge. a new accepted has Masson September, In the port of Trois-Rivieres, he will announced down step f red’s direction and the port direction handles well over currently red’s ea 600,000 t of the Port will to be given Award Lewis Pacesetter Buffalo this y S well and wish Fred his promotion on Jim congratulate We in his fu o years. the last seven this position he has held which for from Mr he will the position assume of of Vice-President Marketing at the port ofand Development Montréal. will soon. be appointed A successor The handling of under has grown commodities bulk F Assistant Division Engineer,Assistant Division, Armored 1st Wiesbaden, Germany; Officer, Executive 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Howze, Camp Korea; Professor,Assistant of Department and Geography Engineering,Environmental Point, West York; New and Battalion Commander Company Staff Officer, 41st Engineer Battalion, Division, 10th Mountain Fort Drum, York; New Executive and Company Leader and Platoon in the 82nd Engineer Battalion,Officer Bamberg,Germany. 29,On June 2006, was was nomi- completed his completed orman Y. Mineta Commander ofCommander the U.S. N raig H. Middlebrook C Lieutenant Colonel Donald Colonel Lieutenant Lauzon, Corps ofArmy Engineers Detroit District, his 2-year after retired 28, July on expired term return- industry. private ing to Sean Connaughton nated by President Bush to be to Bush President by nated Administrator the Maritime 27, June on 2006, and was on the Senate by confirmed 3,August 2006. was sworn He 6. September in on Executive Director,Executive of Port Oswego. Albert S. Jacquez was recently appointed Executive Director Executive appointed was recently onnaughton cAuslan passed away on August 30,August on passed away cAuslan 2006, serving after Sean C M . arine Transportation System (CMTS). System arine Transportation . S. Secretary of Transportation ollister Johnson,ollister Jr. Deputy Seaway Personnel Changes Personnel Seaway Thomas H.Thomas McAuslan, Mr at the port.11 years Helen A.Helen Brohl of the on the Committee Secretariat to the Executive M was System Transportation the Marine on The Committee create Plan to Action Ocean the President’s established by a partnership of with agencies for responsibility Federal - waterways, (MTS) System Transportation the Marine the ensure ports - to connections intermodal and their of and implementation development policies national MTS with the President national needs and reportto consistent the MTS. improving for its views and recommendations the Secretary by of is chaired The CMTS Department the of Transportation, of and is comprised cabinet level ten agencies. departments Federal independent and several heart with report the passing of a heavy that we It’s seven year term as the head of term year seven 1. the SLSDC July on function transit to SLSDC vessel operations continue confirmation the as the Corporationseamlessly awaits the U.S.by of Senate designate, Administrator the new C U 7, July resigned on 2006. Mr. & Hill joined Mineta Knowlton, consultancy communications an international company,Chairman. Vice as the his Cabinet assumed He post in January 2001, the longest-serving making him Secretary in the history ofTransportation the Department. Administrator Former designated Acting Administrator on July 1. July on Administrator Acting designated FALL 2006 FALL

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