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- More cool news from Indiana! This morning, The Port of Cleveland commissioned its new custom-made boats. The sister vessels – Flotsam and Jetsam – will work in tandem in cleaning Cleveland Harbor!
- The 10th annual Indiana Logistics Summit is being held today in the “Crossroads of America”! We love the intersection between transportation, government, economic development and academia in Indianapolis, Indiana!
- The Ballast Water Management Technology Conference is in Miami, Florida this week and features SLSDC Acting Administrator Craig Middlebrook’s address offering the Great Lakes’ perspective on treatment and regulation!
- Synchronization between beneficial environmental and economic initiatives is fantastic!
- A positive picture of Canadian grain in September!
- New to you! The latest edition of the Seaway Compass is available at http://bit.ly/QnQ2TP! Read on for the latest and greatest.
- The Port of Green Bay - The Port of Call for All is on pace to eclipse 2 million tons AGAIN this year!
- Say it six times fast on a Saturday: "Seaway Shipments remain Steady in September!"
- 100 years old and the Port of Hamilton is thriving!
- This afternoon, SLSDC Acting Administrator Craig Middlebrook participated in a meeting of the Coordinating Board of the Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS). The CMTS is vital in harmonizing initiatives significant across the U.S. marine transportation system!
- Good luck to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation's DC Navy Yard neighbors, the Washington Nationals, as the MLB playoffs come to Washington today for the first time in almost 80 years!
- Congrats to Rad Latimer! The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation looks forward to seeing the MV Radcliffe R. Latimer at Eisenhower Lock sometime soon!
- The Trillium fleet is coming to the Great Lakes! The latest news is available at http://www.marinedelivers.com/!
- All of the excellent and dynamic information presented at last week's affiliate meeting of the Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute is now available online!
- "Anything is possible in Buffalo, New York's transforming waterfront" -- such as incorporating grain elevators as urban art installations! Learn more about this unique canvas at http://on.wgrz.com/SohvZp!
- Last year, the SLSDC had a 143% participation rate and was honored with a President’s Award for “extraordinary support of volunteerism” in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)! With today’s formal CFC kick-off at the U.S. Department of Transportation, the SLSDC looks forward to another season of charitable giving and fundraising within the National Capital Area and in the North Country!
- Check out DOT's updated website at http://www.dot.gov/ -- a great resource for all transportation-related information! The maritime and waterways section, of course, is pretty fantastic!
- We simply can’t wait to see the new National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio!
- The Great Ships Initiative Laboratory’s tests on ballast water treatment systems is essential!
- Interesting and necessary perspective from the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority about the intersection of economic and environment policy on the Great Lakes!
- Windmill blades from Germany onboard the Amstelborg at Eisenhower Lock at four in the morning? Absolutely! With 24-7 operations, the Seaway never sleeps!
- The U.S. Department of Transportation is on Facebook. The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation "likes" all the critical infrastructure and transportation-related information coming to YOU via social media!
- Today marks the first day of the federal government’s Fiscal Year 2013! The SLSDC’s performance record in FY 2012 was exceptional: the U.S. portion of the Seaway has maintained a record of over 99% availability without disruption to commercial vessels!
- The ongoing arrival of wind components in Muskegon, Michigan is a credit to planning and preparation – several years ago, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation began partnering with Germany’s Ports of Niedersachsen (http://www.nports.de/en/) to coordinate logistical needs for moving the wind industry’s oversized cargoes!
- This week’s GLMRI meeting in Duluth ends today. The closing discussions on new developments in the Great Lakes Maritime information delivery system are proving to be a fascinating bookend to a wonderful workshop.
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