The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) is a wholly owned government corporation created by statute on May 13, 1954, to construct, operate, and maintain that part of the St. Lawrence Seaway between the Port of Montreal and Lake Erie, within the territorial limits of the United States. Trade development functions aim to enhance Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System utilization without respect to territorial or geographic limits.
The mission of the Corporation is to serve the U.S. intermodal and international transportation system by improving the operation and maintenance of a safe, reliable, efficient, and environmentally responsible deep-draft waterway, in cooperation with its Canadian counterpart. The GLS also encourages the development of trade through the Great Lakes Seaway System, which contributes to the comprehensive economic and environmental development of the entire Great Lakes region.
You start with a “Watchkeeping” mate. That allows you to work as a 3rd and than 2nd Officer. After you have the sea time and have done the tests for 1st Officer you sit for an oral test.
Give it a shot! There's a school I think in Michigan, that can help you get into a maritime career. Look into it, they'll at least give you a better idea of what it's like
Those numbers quoted at the start are HIGHLY misleading. Not accurate- the framing is just not true. It uses correlation and presents it as causation. It's a cynical manipulation of statistics. Here is the thing. Its a wonderful achievement and a real boon. But why lie? Its like Ron Jeremy lying about his size.
The future is here folks we come up with new great ways to save the environment without affecting anything that we need to survive, things like this restore my Faith in humanity, you've earned a subscriber
Why isn't the EPA placing water filtration system along these rivers to improve water quality? Oh yeah, it costs too much. But so does building and maintaining off shore oil drill rigs! Something is wrong with this picture...
I don't think enough people in the United States let alone the world know the significance of the Great Lakes. I did not know the significance until this week when i started watching videos on the Great Lakes and haven't been able to stop!!!
And in over 60 years more than one invasive species a year has arrived in the Great Lakes through the St.Lawrence Seaway. Including zebra/quagga mussels, round goby, Russian river ruffle, and spiny water fleas to name a few... YET they want to shut down the Chicago Area Waterways (CAWs) and its connection to the Great Lakes and their 18 billion dollar a year economy because of Asian carp. YET, not one invasive species has ever arrived in the Great Lakes from the Mississippi... Ever. The hypocrisy is stunning, if they shut one down, they should shut all artificial connections to the Great Lakes... Including Canada's water diversions TO the Lakes from the Arctic for hydropower production which is probably letting in fish killing virus into Lake Superior. Again, the Canadian hypocrisy is incredible. Save the environment and kill other economies, just as long as it isn't our economy, way of life you're killing attitude. /smh
I live on the Seaway and it has been the largest ecological disaster in the world few are aware of. The waters are full of invasive species, the overseeing bodies raise and lower water levels ruining riparian zones not to mention near eradication of species such as the American eel.
In addition the, Seaway connects some of the most beautiful and fascinating waters for boating, fishing and other aquatic oriented recreation. Millions use the waterway for recreational uses every year adding many more jobs and economic benefits. The presentation was informative but started out way to woke for me. The seaway was formed as an economic infrastructure not to please the woke crowd.
Woke? What? I saw nothing about race or gender politics. Or are do just call anything you don't like "woke" because you think it makes you sound trendy?
@@withamarshview1436 One of the first points made was all about carbon emissions and sustainability, those factors were never the genesis of the Seaway. Economic growth and shipping goods efficiency were the driving factors. Plus good old politics and national defense played a big part. If it saves a few tons of carbon but cost a hell of a lot more to ship by water, commercial shipping on the seaway will go the way of the dodo. Economics, and recreation dollars drives the seaway not environmental concerns. Just look at the disaster that occurred when the powers that be started to play with the water levers thusly causing untold millions of dollars in lost shipping revenue and flooding damage. Environmental concerns are a consideration of course and I may hug a tree but I won’t kiss it - and I sure won’t marry it.
@@withamarshview1436 Der Jaeger’s Use of the word Woke just means screw the environment in the name of the all mighty dollar. The video points out how much more efficient shipping is compared to other transport modes, apparently energy efficiency means nothing to Mr. Jaeger. 🇺🇸
@@SuperRedTails No it simply means screw the woke crowd. Shipping efficiency, economics, national defense and politics were the driving forces of the seaway. Without economic efficiency- that is dollar efficiency - all the talk of energy efficiency is irrelevant. Wasteful high energy costs destroy economic development, and without good economies you have less education, less healthcare, more expensive food, inadequate housing, poor quality of life, higher crime rates, and shorter lifespans … and by the way less money to spend on the environment. That is something the woke folk do not understand. You want all types of efficiencies, efficient energy use, efficient use of natural resources, efficient use of human capital, and efficient use of financial resources among others. Something by the way, after a lifetime of developing government budgets and programs I can verify big government generally is inept at. For a efficient, effective economy you cannot have one factor over shadow all the others or in time the system malfunctions and we all suffer. We are seeing that in the United States today where foolish energy and fiscal policy is causing economic disruptions that very well may cause a disastrous major economic setback. By the way, no-one said misusing the environment is a good thing, after I cannot catch a big muskie in polluted water, or take my son swim in a fetid swamp, but we need to put all of our goals on balance so our children can enjoy better future. It is time we all understand you cannot have an unbalanced economic system, an unbalanced political system or an unbalanced eco-system or there is a big crash.
Question.. since I am new to this fascination, what ships carry up to 70K tons? I seen the avg was around 28 to 30k ... 70 K would be a LOT for the Lock system... as I said I am new and learning!!
Not all of the ships can fit through all locks the St Lawrence Montreal to Lake Ontario stretch has a max vessel length of I think 740 feet. There's a lot of much smaller Lakers in the system that are obviously running smaller loads and shorter trips between ports.