A RESILIENT Seaway ANNUAL CORPORATE SUMMARY 2019–2020 As high water levels and flows broke records during 2019, the Seaway adapted, allowing ships to continue delivering essential cargoes safely and reliably. The front cover photo (courtesy of Fednav) depicts activity at the Port of Johnstown during the 2019 navigation season. High water levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River necessitated the International Joint Commission releasing record-breaking volumes of water via the Moses-Saunders dam in Cornwall, Ontario, to lessen the flooding of shoreline communities. Thanks to the efforts of Seaway employees, shipping companies, pilots, and a myriad of other stakeholders, commercial shipping activity was safely sustained through- out the season despite the high flows and currents. The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (the “Corporation”) The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, the successor to the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, was established in 1998 as a not-for-profit corporation by the Government of Throughout the 2019 navigation season, the Seaway Canada, Seaway users and other key stakeholders. In accordance demonstrated its resilience under very difficult conditions as with provisions of the Canada Marine it continued to function as a safe and reliable transportation Act, the Corporation manages and artery serving a vast array of clients. From farmers eager to operates the Canadian assets of the realize the sale of their crops, to municipalities dependent St. Lawrence Seaway, which remain upon ships for the supply of road salt, to steel mills processing the property of the Government of Canada, under an agreement with millions of tonnes of iron ore, the Seaway overcame many Transport Canada. challenges to ensure that essential cargoes continued to reach their destinations. Terence Bowles, President and CEO 2 THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY • A RESILIENT Seaway OPERATIONAL Excellence 20 Navigation Season 21 TABLE OF Marine Safety and Security 21 Contents Emergency Preparedness 22 Ballast Water Management 23 Reliable Infrastructure and Asset Renewal 23 Health and Safety 30 ABOUT THE St. Lawrence Seaway 4 President’s Safety Award 31 Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway System 4 HIGH PERFORMANCE Workforce 32 The St. Lawrence Seaway—A Vital Waterway 6 Bob Swenor Award 32 Shipping Impacts our Quality of Life Every Day 8 Continuous Improvement 33 The St. Lawrence Seaway: Ready for the Future 10 SLSMC Receives Project of the Year Award for Hands-Free Mooring 34 PRESIDENT’S Message 11 STAKEHOLDER Engagement 35 BUSINESS Growth 15 Engaging with Our Communities 36 Traffic Results 16 Enhancing Communications 37 2019 New Business Results 17 Green Marine 38 Seaway Tolls 17 60th Anniversary Events and Celebrations 40 Seaway Administered Lands 17 Binational Marketing Initiatives 18 FINANCIAL Sustainability 41 CORPORATE Governance 43 THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY • A RESILIENT 3 Seaway With economic output estimated at $6 trillion, Great Lakes – the provinces and states bordering the Great ABOUT THE Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway System account St. Lawrence for 30% of combined Canadian and U.S. St. Lawrence Seaway System economic activity and employment. Key Supply Chain The region would rank as the third largest Seaway economy in the world if it were a country. for the World’s Positioned at the core of this economic power- 3rd Largest Economy house, the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway System serves as a vital supply chain. The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway Major Ports Administered by the Saint Lawrence System extends 3,700 kilometres Seaway Development Corporation Administered by the St. Lawrence Seaway from the Atlantic Ocean to the head Management Corporation of Lake Superior. Lake Superior MINNESOTA ONTARIO QUEBEC Beauharnois 2 LOCKS St. Lambert and Ships transitingLake Huron Côte Ste. Catherine WISCONSIN Welland Canal Lock 6 East and Lock 6 Iroquois 2 LOCKS West secured by Hands Free 1 LOCK Eisenhower and Snell Mooring (using MICHIGAN vacuum pads) Lake 2 LOCKS Michigan Lake Ontario NEW YORK Atlan ic Ocean Welland Canal Lake Erie ILLINOIS 8 LOCKS INDIANA OHIO PENNSYLVANIA 4 Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway System (HWY H2O) Facts Cargo moving on the Great Lakes – ¼ Distance from the Atlantic Ocean to Duluth, Minnesota on St. Lawrence Seaway System supports: Lake Superior = 2,038 nautical miles (2,342 statute miles or 3,700 kilometres) or 8.5 sailing days. The waterway includes some 245,750 square kilometres (95,000 square miles) of navigable waters. ¼ In a typical year, about 25% of Seaway traffic travels to and from overseas ports, especially in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. ¼ The waterway includes some of North America’s largest ports, $59 Billion 329,000 $23 Billion part of an excellent intermodal transportation network, and has in Economic Acvity Jobs in Wages maintained a near-perfect record of trouble-free navigation through ongoing improvements and meticulous maintenance for more than 60 years. THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY • A RESILIENT 5 Seaway The binational St. Lawrence Seaway’s 15 locks serve The St. Lawrence Seaway— as the linchpin within the broader waterway. A Vital Waterway The binational St. Lawrence Seaway’s 15 locks (13 Canadian and between Montreal and Lake Erie, a difference in elevation of 168 metres. 2 American) serve as the linchpin within the broader waterway, connecting The “Soo” Locks, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, enable the lower St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes, enabling ships to transit ships to reach Lake Superior, which is 183 metres above sea level. ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY Sault Ste. Marie (”Soo” Locks) Commercial Locks Welland Canal Iroquois Eisenhower Beauharnois Côte Ste. Catherine Managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (8 Locks) Lock & Snell Locks Locks & St. Lambert Locks Lake Erie That’s as 183 high as a 60 Lake story building Superior Lake Huron Metres Lake Ontario Sea Level St. Lawrence River Atlanc Lake Michigan Ocean 6 THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY • A RESILIENT Seaway Seaway Locks Seaway Ships Each lock is 233.5 metres long (766 feet), 24.4 metres wide Ships measuring up to 225.5 metres in length (or 740 feet) and (80 feet) and 9.1 metres deep (30 feet) over the sill. A lock fills with 23.8 metres (or 78 feet) in width (also known as the ship’s “beam”) approximately 91 million litres of water (24 million gallons) in just are routinely raised more than 180 metres above sea level, as high as 7 to 10 minutes. Getting through a lock takes about 45 minutes. a 60-story building. These ships can be over twice as long and about half as wide as a football field and carry cargoes the equivalent of 30,000 metric tonnes. Ships can be over Lock dimensions Maximum vessel size Length Maximum beam Capacity twice as long and 233.5 m (766 .) 23.77 m (78 .) Carries up to Width 30,000 MT about half as wide 24.4 m (80 .) per voyage as a football eld. Water depth Maximum length 9.1 m (30 .) 225.5 m (740 .) Maximum air dra 35.5 m (116 ., 6 in.) Maximum dra 8.08 m (26 ., 6 in.)* *Commercial vessels equipped with Dra Informaon System (DIS) technology are allowed to load to a maximum dra of 8.15 m (26 ., 9 in.) THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY • A RESILIENT 7 Seaway Shipping Impacts our Quality of Life Every Day Using ships to move essential cargoes dramatically reduces congestion on land, ensuring that thousands of activities can be supported in a highly sustainable manner. 301 963 RAIL TRUCKS CARS t Carg jec o Iron Or ro e P s B rain rea G kb u lk Cargo of up to 30,000 Tonnes 8 THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY • A RESILIENT Seaway 10 Ways Seaway Shipping Impacts Your Life YOUR MEALS: YOUR BREAKS: YOUR HOME: YOUR CITY: YOUR HOLIDAYS: Grain (including wheat, corn, Sugar brought in by ocean ships From the steel, drywall, concrete Construction of highways, bridges, Double-hulled Seaway tankers soybeans, canola, peas, lentils, is used in many applications, from and cement used to build a home office buildings, factories, schools, move refined fuels between stor- and barley) shipped over the sweetening your coffee to serving to the steel used in the manufac- and hospitals relies upon huge age depots, enabling cars, buses Seaway is used to produce every- as an ingredient in countless turing of household appliances, volumes of steel, cement, gypsum, and planes to whisk people away thing from bread, pasta, soy milk, baked goods. Seaway ships are instrumental in and asphalt moved by ship. to holiday destinations. and vegetable oil to beer, alcohol, the supply chain that supports all ethanol and animal feed. types of activity that makes your home comfortable and resilient. 301 963 RAIL TRUCKS CARS t Carg jec o Iron Or ro e P YOUR SAFETY: YOUR RIDE: YOUR COMMUTE: YOUR MONEY: YOUR FUTURE: s B rain rea Road salt moved over the Seaway Manufacturing of cars and A Seaway ship can carry almost Shipping cargo by ship is one Inland shipping is part of the G kb u lk is key to the efficient maintenance trucks is heavily reliant upon 1,000 truckloads of cargo. Moving of the most cost effective ways solution to making our economy of roads in the winter, keeping the marine supply chain moving cargo over the Seaway eases to move huge volumes of goods more energy efficient and reducing motorists and pedestrians safe across Seaway waters. From congestion on land, enabling com- over longer distances. It is esti- our carbon footprint. Advanced during their winter commutes. high quality steel to specialized muters to reach their destination mated that shipping goods over new ship designs and engine aluminum, assembly lines are every day with fewer delays and a the Great Lakes – St.