Shipping and Logistics

November 15, 2018
Winter is Coming to the Great Lakes
Written by Sandy Williams
The first major winter storm of the 2018-2019 season is currently making its way up the East Coast, which means it is time to start thinking about the navigation on the Great Lakes. Right now, iron ore and coal ships are busy supplying steel mills in the Great Lakes region with enough inventory for the winter.
Although it is too soon for any disruptive ice to have formed on the Lakes, the U.S. and Canadian icebreakers are preparing their fleets to keep the shipping channels open until the Soo Locks are closed for the season. Shipping season ends first with the closing of the St. Lawrence Seaway, followed in January by the locks at Sault Ste. Marie.


