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Climate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsShipping and PortsGreen Marine: Are voluntary efforts enough to improve port sustainability?
-Voluntary organization Green Marine encourages port authorities, port terminals, shipping companies and shipyards to improve their sustainability, but regulations and expense remain challenges.
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‘The water always wins’: Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll
-Wisconsin’s Great Lakes communities expect to spend $245 million in five years to protect shorelines as a climate ‘tug of war’ drives extreme shifts in water levels.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioSharon OosthoekShipping and PortsTorontoDuckling Docks: Toronto installs floating docks to save drowning birds
-Parts of Toronto’s harbor are lined by high dock lines intended for ships, making it impossible for ducks to climb out and rest. But a series of low, floating docks recently installed by PortsToronto should change that.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFreightersInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeShipping and PortsCanada expands ballast water restrictions to reduce invasive species spread
-The rules require all Canadian ships and all ships visiting Canadian ports to treat ballast water. That includes so-called “lakers.” They are ships which only haul cargo within the Great Lakes.
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Ship-top vaccinations help keep freighters hauling
-Health officials delivered more than 300 vaccinations on 25 ships at the Soo Locks.
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ArticleFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchShipping and PortsRegional Thoughts: Some reactions from various Great Lakes leaders on President Biden’s infrastructure plan
-Great Lakes Now collected a variety of perspectives from around the region about the president’s $2 trillion plan to improve infrastructure, including water-related structures and systems.
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COVID-19FreightersIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsShipping and PortsStalled Ships: Shipping industry looks to infrastructure investments to boost demand
-With drops of tonnage on the Great Lakes due to COVID-19, many in the industry are hoping long-term infrastructure investments will turn things around.
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Events and Special BroadcastsFreightersGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsShipping and PortsShipwrecksWelland CanalWatch Party: Ships and Shipwrecks
-Come aboard a boat that delivers mail to ships on the Great Lakes, learn about life on a Great Lakes…
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FreightersGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsGreat Lakes Freighters: The latest on navigation, locks and icebreakers
-It’s the 140th anniversary of the Lake Carriers’ Association, and its president discusses the new Soo lock, icebreakers and tension with Canada.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingCOVID-19FreightersGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioOntarioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipping and PortsTourismU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsCOVID-19 Comeback: Great Lakes businesses and scientists bounce back
-Rules are relaxing, and business is picking back up for charter boats, freighters and scientists.
