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Shipping on St. Lawrence River drops 11.7 percent from same time last year

Posted 8/11/16

Shipments of liquid bulk cargo are up and iron ore is down as overall shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway dropped 11.17 percent this season as of July compared with last year at this time. The St. …

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Shipping on St. Lawrence River drops 11.7 percent from same time last year

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Shipments of liquid bulk cargo are up and iron ore is down as overall shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway dropped 11.17 percent this season as of July compared with last year at this time.

The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation reports that liquid bulk tonnage is up by 373,000 metric tons, or 27.5 percent, from 1,357,000 tons last year through July to 1,731,000 tons through July this year.

All other cargo shipment categories are down from last year.

Iron ore was down the most, by more than 28 percent, from 2,869,000 tons through July last year to 2,064,000 tons as of the end of July 2016.

Grain tonnage is down 9.08 percent; coal shipment tonnage has dropped by 12.81 percent; dry bulk has dropped 13.41 percent; and general cargo tonnage is down 11.58 percent.

The 1,559 total ship transits through the Seaway system this year are off 3.23 percent through July, compared with 1,611 transits by the end of July last year,