Great Lakes levels heighten dredging crisis

North America

Friday, October 05, 2012

The water levels on the Great Lakes have begun their seasonal decline, so the impacts of the dredging crisis will become even more pronounced in the fourth quarter, warned the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force in a statement on Thursday. “Even before the lakes began their dip, the largest ships were forfeiting more than 6,200 tons of cargo each trip,” the task force said. “Each inch that the lakes decline in the weeks and months ahead will slash another 50 to 270 tons from the alread...

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