Shipments of dry-bulk cargoes aboard U.S.-flagged lakers totaled nearly 11.7 million net tons in August, a decrease of 4.2 percent compared with last year. The August float was also 2.6 percent off the five-year average for August.
Rep. James Oberstar of Minnesota, the ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was presented the Iron Man Award from the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force in Washington on Sept. 29.
