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Overall shipments, grain and salt, are up on St. Lawrence Seaway

Posted 10/19/18

ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY — Total cargo shipments via the St. Lawrence Seaway (March 29 to September 30) reached 25.7 million metric tons, up 4.1 percent over the same time period in 2017. In the thick …

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Overall shipments, grain and salt, are up on St. Lawrence Seaway

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ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY — Total cargo shipments via the St. Lawrence Seaway (March 29 to September 30) reached 25.7 million metric tons, up 4.1 percent over the same time period in 2017.

In the thick of the fall harvest, U.S. grain exports on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway continue at a strong pace and are expected to remain steady for the remainder of the shipping season, according to a press release from Chamber Marine of Commerce.

U.S. grain shipments for the season totaled 1.6 million metric tons, up 45.6 percent. Salt shipments also showed significant improvement after a labor strike at the Compass Minerals Goderich, Ontario mine ended in July.

Salt shipments (from March 29 to September 30) reached 1.9 million metric tons, down 12 percent.

“While salt tonnage remains down compared to 2017 volumes, we saw a positive change with a healthy increase in salt shipments in the last couple of months,” says Bruce Burrows, President of the Chamber of Marine Commerce. “As we get closer to winter, with some parts of the Midwest already experiencing snowfall, ports throughout the Great Lakes are replenishing their salt supplies to prepare for the weather. September was also a positive month for cement, stone and gypsum.”