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Ore Up 72 Percent in July: Text
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U.S.-Flag Cargos Up 40 Percent in July:
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Limestone Up 27 Percent in July
Coal Trade Up 26 Percent in July:
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2009 Statistical Annual Report
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2009 Annual Report
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Map of Great Lakes Ports
List of Cargos Moving Thru Great Lakes Ports
LAKE CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION represents U.S.-flag vessel operators on the Great Lakes. The Association's 18 member companies operate 55 U.S.-flag self-propelled vessels ("lakers") and integrated tug/barge units ranging in length from 494 to 1,013.5 feet. Cargo movement by LCA fleets and other U.S.-flag Lakes operators has topped more than 125 million tons in a year. Iron ore, limestone and coal are the primary commodities carried by LCA members. Other cargos include cement, salt, sand, and grain. The vast majority of cargos carried by U.S.-flag Lakers move between U.S. ports, in what is commonly referred to as the Jones Act trades.
In promoting the common interests of its members and their customers, LCA places special importance on legislative and regulatory matters. To facilitate a broad-based understanding of U.S.-flag shipping on the Great Lakes and its role in the nation's economy, LCA compiles statistical information on the volume of cargo movement, both in U.S.-flag lakers and from major Great Lakes ports both in the United States and Canada.
America can take pride in the U.S.-flag Great Lakes fleet. No other maritime nation in the world has assembled such a modern, productive fleet of self-unloading vessels. The thirteen 1,000-footers flying the U.S. flag on the Lakes are longer than most of grandest ocean liners. So technologically advanced are these vessels that they can discharge 70,000 tons of iron ore or coal in 10 hours or less without any assistance from shoreside personnel or equipment.
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