Transcript What is the St. Lawrence Seaway?

SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
OVERVIEW BRIEFING
AASHTO
Standing Committee on Water Transportation
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Adam Schlicht
SLSDC Great Lakes Regional Representative
What is the SLSDC?
• A wholly owned Government
Corporation and an operating
Administration of the U.S.
Department of Transportation
• Responsible for the operations and
maintenance of the U.S. portion of
the St. Lawrence Seaway between
Montreal and Lake Erie
– Maintaining and operating two
U.S. Seaway locks
– Vessel traffic control
– Trade development
• Three (!!!) locations
– Washington, D.C. (Headquarters) – 13 employees
– Massena, N.Y. (Operations) – 131 employees
– Cleveland, Ohio (Regional Initiative) – 1 employee
• Binational relationship with the St. Lawrence Seaway
Management Corporation (SLSMC) in Canada
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What is the St. Lawrence Seaway?
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A Visionary Act of Government
Signing of the St. Lawrence Seaway Act; May 13, 1954
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“One of the Top Ten Public Works
Projects of the Century”
Eisenhower Lock – August 1957
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A Model of International Partnership
President Eisenhower and HRH Queen Elizabeth II open the Seaway on June 26, 1959
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Locks of the Seaway
• All 15 locks have the following dimensions:
- 80 feet – usable width
- 766 feet – usable length
- 30 feet – water depth
• Allowing ships of 740 feet in length and 78
feet width to use the Seaway.
• Each lock holds around 22 million gallons of
water and takes approximately 10 minutes
to empty or fill.
• Seaway maximum sailing draft is
26 feet, 6 inches.
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The Seaway: A Model of Efficiency
U.S. Seaway
System
Availability
U.S. Seaway
Lock
Availability
98.3%
99.6%
International
Organization
for
Standardization
Collaboration
with
Customers
Ongoing certification
with continued
compliance
Biennial surveys and
stakeholder outreach
Benefiting customers through organizational excellence
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Geography:
Massena, N.Y. and the U.S. Locks
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Binational Operations with the SLSMC
• A seamless waterway system
• Jointly-issued “Seaway
Regulations”
• Single foreign-flag vessel inspection
program in Montreal, Quebec
• Fully integrated - U.S./Canadian VTC
system
• Binational website
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Commodities of the Seaway
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Robust International Trade
Approximately 10 million metric tons shipped
internationally each year
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The Great Lakes Today
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Economic Impact of the Seaway
• 227,000 jobs
• $33.5B in business
revenue/year
• $14.1B in wages/year
• $4.6B in taxes/year
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Long-term Results
JOBS
WAGES
REVENUE
TAXES
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Initiative: Asset Renewal Program
Canada and the U.S. are engaged in a massive Seaway “Asset Renewal
Program”
•A joint commitment to rehabilitating the Seaway’s infrastructure.
•2009-2018 – The U.S. and Canada plan to reinvest $1 billion.
•Goal is not only to renew, but also modernize infrastructure.
•This public investment has encouraged private infrastructure investments –
domestic and international carriers investing over $1 billion in new and
repowered vessels.
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Initiative: HwyH2O
• Highway H2O is an alliance of transportation
stakeholders in the GLSLS
• Develop business and deliver greater
awareness about the GLSLS
• Offers incentive programs
– E.g. toll relief for first-time users
• Other services
– E.g. advertising, events, workshops
www.hwyh2o.com
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Initiative: GLS Partnership
• Seeks to enhance public understanding of
commercial shipping benefits
• Education-focused
– Communications and press
– Research
– Policy, community, NGO, public stakeholder outreach
• Initial members:
– Lakes Carriers’ Association, Fednav Limited, American Great Lakes
Ports Association, U.S. Seaway
www.greatlakesseaway.org
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Initiative: Binational Seaway
• Shared SLSDC-SLSMC
online resource
• Providing regulatory
information for shippers,
stakeholders
– Commercial Shipping &
– Recreational
Boating
– Environmental Policy:
• Ballast Water updates
www.greatlakes-seaway.com
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Initiative: SLSDC Great Lakes
Regional Representative
• Began February 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio
• “Boots on the Ground” and “Spread the Word”
– Policy, trade, economic development, media, educ.
• Preliminary Results:
– Coordination: MARAD, USDOT, Lloyds, SLSMC, etc.
– Speaking: GL Economic Forum, GL Waterways
Conference, Premiers/Governors, ALGPA, Seaway Days
– Port Engagement: Toledo, Detroit, Milwaukee,
Cleveland, Duluth, Erie, Buffalo, Muskegon, GB
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Initiative: Opportunity Belt
• SLSDC education initiative to
reclaim “Rust Belt” moniker
• Providing stakeholders with
“Seaway 101”
– Economic impact
– Environmental importance
– Updated information about Lock
infrastructure, shipping
www.seaway.dot.gov
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THANK YOU!
POC: Adam Schlicht
Great Lakes Regional Representative
Office of Budget and Economic Development
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio
216-379-9106
[email protected]
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