Saturday, September 28, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
MASSENA -- Increased shipments through the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System in September has Seaway officials optimistic for the remainder of the shipping season. September cargo reached nearly …
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MASSENA -- Increased shipments through the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System in September has Seaway officials optimistic for the remainder of the shipping season.
September cargo reached nearly 4.2 million tons to bring the year-to-date total to 23.4 million tons. Last month’s tonnage helped to narrow the year-to-date gap from 8.9% through August to 5.6% through September.
“It was good to see a nice jump in grain shipments last month,” said Bruce Burrows, President & CEO of the Chamber of Marine Commerce. “We are optimistic that the positive numbers for September are an indication that it will be a strong fourth quarter and robust finish to the 2022 shipping season.”
All grain shipments reached nearly 1 million tons in September with the year-to-date total of 4.9 million tons. That’s still about 15% below the year-to-date totals from a year ago. While Canadian grain remains down, potash (+262%), other general cargo (+181%), petroleum products (+43%) and U.S. grain (+41%) have shown nice increases over 2021.
