Three Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Company vessels at press time remained idle in Sarnia, Ontario, as the American Maritime Officers strike against the company continued into its fourth week.
The Senate in May overwhelmingly approved the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, legislation which would address issues critical to Great Lakes shipping.
Total shipments in U.S.-flagged lakers totaled approximately 9.9 million tons in April, a decrease of 3.8 percent compared with April 2006. The drop in April followed a 28 percent decline in shipments in March compared with the same period the previous year.
