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The value Great Lakes-Seaway shipping to Illinois...
- Supports more than 7,000 jobs.
- More than 7 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Illinois' Great Lakes ports.
- Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, limestone, grain, sugar, soybeans, steel products, cement, petroleum products, and machinery.
- Illinois' Great Lakes ports are located at Chicago and Waukegan.
- The shipping industry serves Illinois' farmers, manufacturers, and construction industry.
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The value of Great Lakes-Seaway shipping to Indiana...
- Supports over 48,000 jobs.
- More than 28 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Indiana's Great Lakes ports.
- Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, limestone, grain, fertilizers, steel products, petroleum products, and machinery.
- Indiana's Great Lakes ports are located at Buffington Harbor, Burns Harbor, Gary, and Indiana Harbor.
- The shipping industry serves Indiana's farmers, steel industry, manufacturers, power generation utilities, and construction industry.
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The value of Great Lakes-Seaway shipping to Michigan...
- Supports over 26,000 jobs.
- More than 61 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Michigan's Great Lakes ports.
- Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, limestone, grain, steel products, cement, petroleum products, and machinery.
- Michigan's Great Lakes ports are located at Alpena, Brevort, Calcite, Charlevois, Cheboygan, Detroit, Drummond Island, Ecorse, Escanaba, Essexville, Frankfort, Gladstone, Grand Haven, Hancock, Harbor Beach, Holland, Houghton, Ludington, Mackinaw City, Manistee, Marine City, Marquette, Marysville, Menominee, Monroe, Munsing, Muskegon, Ontonagon, Port Dolomite, Port Gypsum, Port Huron, Port Inland, Presque Isle (UP), Presque Isle, River Rouge, Saginaw, Sault Ste. Marie, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Stoneport, Traverse City, Trenton, and Wyandotte.
- The shipping industry serves Michigan's farmers, miners, steel industry, manufacturers, power generation utilities, road maintenance agencies, and construction industry.
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The value of Great Lakes-Seaway shipping to Minnesota...
- Supports over 6,000 jobs.
- More than 30 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Minnesota's Great Lakes ports.
- Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, limestone, agricultural products, cement, machinery, and wind energy components.
- Minnesota's Great Lakes ports are located in Duluth, Silver Bay, Taconite Harbor, and Two Harbors.
- The shipping industry serves Minnesota's farmers, miners, manufacturers, and construction industry.
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The value of Great Lakes-Seaway shipping to New York...
- Supports 2,000 jobs.
- More than 2 million tons of freight are shipped/received through New York's Great Lakes ports.
- Major cargoes include coal, limestone, grain, cement, salt, fuel oil, aluminum, machinery, and wind energy components.
- New York's Great Lakes ports are located in Buffalo, Ogdensburg, Oswego, Rochester, and Tonawanda.
- The shipping industry serves New York's agriculture and food products industry, power generation utilities, road maintenance agencies, manufacturers, and construction industry.
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The value of Great Lakes-Seaway shipping to Ohio...
- Supports more than 28,000 jobs.
- More than 40 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Ohio's Great Lakes ports.
- Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, limestone, grain, steel products, cement, salt, potash, gypsum, petroleum products, and machinery.
- Ohio's Great Lakes ports are located in Ashtabula, Cleveland, Conneault, Fairport Harbor, Huron, Lorain, Marblehead, Sandusky, and Toledo.
- The shipping industry serves Ohio's farmers, steel industry, manufacturers, power generation utilities, road maintenance agencies, and construction industry.
- Ohio is home to several shipyards and ship repair facilities.
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The value of Great Lakes-Seaway shipping to Ontario...
- Supports more than 64,000 jobs.
- More than 62 million metric tons of freight are shipped/received through Ontario's Great Lakes ports.
- Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, coke, limestone, steel products, cement, salt, petroleum products, and machinery.
- Ontario's Great Lakes ports are located at Bath, Bowmanville, Bruce Mines, Clarkson, Courtright, Goderich, Hamilton, Heron Bay, Marathon, Meldrum Bay, Michipicoten, Nanticoke, Oakville, Oshawa, Owen Sound, Perry Sound, Picton, Port Colborne, Port Credit, Port Lambton, Port Stanley, Prescott, Sarnia, Sault Ste. Marie, Serpent Harbour, Thessalon, Thunder Bay, Toronto, and Windsor.
- The shipping industry serves Ontario's farmers, steel makers, manufacturers, power generation utilities, refineries, and construction industry.
- Ontario is home to several shipyards and ship repair facilities.
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The value of Great Lakes-Seaway shipping to Pennsylvania...
- Supports 900 jobs.
- More than 600,000 tons of freight are shipped/received through Pennsylvania's Great Lakes port.
- Major cargoes include limestone, biodiesel fuel, and paper products.
- Pennsylvania's Great Lakes port is located in Erie.
- The shipping industry serves Pennsylvania's farmers, manufacturers, and construction industry.
- Pennsylvania is home to a major Great Lakes shipyard and ship repair facility.
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The value of Great Lakes-Seaway shipping to Quebec...
- Supports more than 35,000 jobs.
- More than 57 million metric tons of freight are shipped/received by Quebec ports via the Great Lakes-Seaway system.
- Major cargoes include iron ore, grain, and liquid and dry bulk.
- The St. Lawrence Seaway acts as a valuable connection to Ontario and U.S. markets for ships carrying materials to and from Quebec ports located on the Lower St. Lawrence River.
- The shipping industry serves Quebec’s mining industry and oil refineries. Quebec ports also act as transshipment hubs to transfer grain from western Canada and Ontario to ocean-going vessels to overseas markets.
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The value of Great Lakes-Seaway shipping to Wisconsin...
- Supports more than 8,000 jobs.
- More than 33 million tons of freight are shipped/received through Wisconsin's Great Lakes ports.
- Major cargoes include iron ore, coal, coke, limestone, corn, soybeans, peas, steel products, cement, salt, pig iron, scrap iron, petroleum products, and machinery.
- Wisconsin's Great Lakes ports are located at Ashland, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Marinette, Milwaukee, Oak Creek, Port Washington, and Superior.
- The shipping industry serves Wisconsin's farmers, manufacturers, power generation utilities, paper manufacturers, and construction industry.
- Wisconsin is home to several shipyards and ship repair facilities.
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Regional Economic Impact
The Great Lakes-Seaway System is a vital transportation link for North America’s agricultural and industrial heartland.
Roughly 100 million people live and work in the eight states and two provinces that border the System. The region accounts for 55 percent of North America’s manufacturing activity and about 50 percent of all North American retail sales.
One Great Lakes ship can carry enough iron ore to keep a steel mill running for four days.
During the next 10 years, $1 billion worth of infrastructure investments will create thousands of jobs.