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Seaway has busy October pushing total cargo to 4% above 2017 year-to-date

Posted 11/20/18

The St. Lawrence Seaway had one of its busiest months of the season in October, fueled by increases in shipments of grain, salt and construction materials. Canada’s Chamber of Marine Commerce …

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Seaway has busy October pushing total cargo to 4% above 2017 year-to-date

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The St. Lawrence Seaway had one of its busiest months of the season in October, fueled by increases in shipments of grain, salt and construction materials.

Canada’s Chamber of Marine Commerce reports that overall cargo shipments via the St. Lawrence Seaway from the 2018 opening on March 29 to October 31 totaled 30.5 million metric tons, up 1.173 million tons or 4 percent over the same period in 2017.

U.S. grain shipments are up 44 percent over the same period last year. Cement and clinker volumes through the Seaway are up 20 percent for the season.

Total Seaway transits are up 5.21 percent from last year, at 3,375 this year and 3,208 last year to the end of October.