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The St. Lawrence Seaway (French: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, ... In 2002, ships moved 222 million tonnes of cargo through the seaway.
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System opened its 66th navigation season on March 22, and the shipping channel's St. Lawrence River section will close on Jan. 5. ... with cargo shipments ...
Comparison of bounding box of Seawaymax with some other ship sizes in isometric view. A Seawaymax vessel is one of the maximum size that can fit through the canal locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the inland Great Lakes of North America with the Atlantic Ocean. [1] CSL Laurentien, a Seawaymax-sized vessel
Lake vessels are designed with the greatest block coefficient to maximize the vessel's size in the locks within the Great Lakes/St Lawrence Seaway system. Therefore, ship designers have favored bluff bows over streamlined bows. [citation needed] Another distinguishing feature of lake vessels versus ocean vessels is the cargo hatch configuration ...
On July 11, 2020 two cargo ships, the Alanis and the Florence Spirit, struck each other while executing a passing manoeuvre near Port Robinson. According to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, no one was injured, no cargo was spilled, and an investigation would be undertaken. [29] The final investigation report was released in ...
Nov. 23—MASSENA — The tugboat Robinson Bay has a new home. The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) held a ceremony Friday at the GLS Maintenance Base to mark the ...
The ship was authorized on March 31, 2016, and named on Sept. 22 that year. ... It was en route to its homeport in Naval Station Mayport, Florida, when the St. Lawrence Seaway strike disrupted ...
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation that operates and maintains the U.S.-owned and operated facilities of the joint United States-Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway. It operates 2 of the 15 locks of the Seaway between Montreal and Lake Erie.