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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) has awarded nine U.S. ports in the Great Lakes the Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award for shipping a record volume of international cargo last year. The award-winners collectively moved more than 4 million metric tons of international freight—27% of the inter...

DULUTH-SUPERIOR – Stewart J. Cort returned to service Thursday evening, heading to fuel before moving to BNSF to load ore. The Cort had been tied up at the SMET coal dock the past few weeks undergoing propulsion repairs.

St. Marys Challenger is back in service after its five-year drydocking at Bayship, Sturgeon Bay. New paint has been applied as well. The tug Prentiss Brown still has some work still to be completed, so the tug Bradshaw Mckee has switched to Challenger and left St. Marys Conquest at Sturgeon Bay. Challenger is Manitowoc bound with a partial load of cement after unloading in Mi...