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Great Lakes water levels rise from record lows

Posted on Aug 06, 2008 under Environment, Industry News, Ports, Waterways | No Comment

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Sharon Hill | Source: The Windsor Star

Lakes St. Clair, Huron and Superior are at their highest levels in the last four years.

“They’re all up,” Ralph Moulton, manager of the water level information office at Environment Canada, said Tuesday.

Lake Superior, which affects the levels of the other Great Lakes and had dropped to record lows a year ago, is 41 cm higher than it was last year at this time, Moulton said.

Lake Huron is 23 cm higher and Lake Ontario is 31 cm higher than a year ago.

… David Cree, president of the Windsor Port Authority, said he’s hoping lake levels will keep rising.

“The higher water levels this year are good news for everybody in the industry,” Cree said. “If the trend of the last four to five years had continued … it would have been a real issue this year and next year. We’re hoping now that’s bottomed out and we’re on an upward trend in lake levels.”

The same amount of cargo goes through the Windsor port but during times of low lake levels it takes more ships to move goods on the lakes because the ships have to carry less.

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Lake Superior Warehousing Co. to store wind power equipment near Bayfront park at Port of Duluth

Posted on Aug 06, 2008 under Government Issues, Industry News, Ports | No Comment


Peter Passi | Source: Duluth News Tribune

Lake Superior Warehousing Co. Inc. should be better equipped to handle growing shipments of wind power equipment, thanks to a deal struck with the Duluth Economic Development Authority Monday.

DEDA approved a plan for the company to lease about 12 acres of land across from the Lafarge terminal and southwest of Bayfront Festival Park, providing it with additional storage space needed to accommodate the burgeoning flow of wind turbines and towers through the port.

Under the terms of the agreement, Lake Superior Warehousing will pay $3,500 per month for the property, acquiring the rights to use it through November 2009.

… General Manager Jonathan Lamb stressed the importance of accommodating clients’ needs, saying: “We want to continue to serve this industry and keep bringing business back to Duluth.”

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