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Shipments on St. Lawrence Seaway Were Up in October
USAgNet - 11/20/2018

U.S. Great Lakes ports and the St. Lawrence Seaway had one of their busiest months of the season in October, fueled by increases in shipments of grain, salt and construction materials.

Overall cargo shipments via the St. Lawrence Seaway (from March 29 to October 31) totaled 30.5 million metric tons, up four percent over the same period in 2017.

U.S. grain shipments are still going strong with year-to-date volumes hitting 1.9 million metric tons, up 44 percent over the same period last year.

Cement and clinker volumes through the Seaway are up 20 percent for the season.

Salt shipments have significantly rebounded from earlier in the year due to international imports from Egypt and Morocco.

North American salt was in short supply following a 12-week strike at the Goderich Mine in Canada over the summer.

Salt providers are filling gaps in their quotas and contracts by importing salt on ocean-going vessels.

Like St. Lawrence Seaway traffic, October had Green Bay’s second highest monthly total of the year, behind only August’s 275,500 tons.


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