As summer ends for the 2024 marine shipping season on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, a theme within the statistical reporting has emerged this year: agricultural commodities and steel are leading the way. As noted in a release recently issued by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, there has been:
5.2 million metric tons (mt) of Canadian and U.S. grain traffic, which is up by 277,000 mt or 5.6% year over year;849 thousand mt of Potash traffic, representing an increase of 145,000 mt or 21% year over year; and1.3 million mt of iron and steel traffic, which is up by 347,000 mt or 35% over last year.https://marinedelivers.com/agriculture-and-steel-lead-great-lakes-tonnage-traffic-in-2024-supported-by-innovation-and-development-at-ports/
