Seaway tolls to increase by 2 percent in 2022
The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) announced a toll rate increase of 2.0% for the 2022 navigation season (see images below).
The SLSMC announced a toll rate increase of 2.0% for the 2022 navigation season. In addition, the New Business, Volume, Gateway and Service incentives will continue to remain in effect.
For more detailed information, please refer to the St. Lawrence Seaway Schedule of Tolls or send your request to tariff@seaway.ca.
Richard Gray fundraiser nears $100,000
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Proposed project could bring naval shipyard, thousands of jobs to Lorain
Lordstown, OH – A proposal is being discussed within the U.S. military, the White House and others in Washington that could potentially bring a naval shipyard to Lorain.
Officials have forwarded a 27-page document that outlines what will be called the Lordstown-Lorain Project. The project would involve the city of Lorain and the village of Lordstown, separated by 80 miles of the Ohio Turnpike. The document states the plan would restore critical naval shipyard capacity and capability and that it would solve the submarine maintenance crisis within the Navy’s budget limitations.
The idea for the project came from former Navy officer Captain Ed Bartlett, who runs Bartlett Maritime in Broadview Heights. “As of today, I’d say we’re on the five-yard line and we just have to knock it in,” said Bartlett. Bartlett spent much of his career on submarines and developed the Lordstown-Lorain Project because of a November 2018 report.
“That report publicly disclosed that for the prior decade, our attack submarine, the U.S. Navy attack submarines, were not getting the proper maintenance that they required,” said Bartlett.
Barlett’s plan is to build an American Naval Shipyard in Lorain. It would include two dry docks for submarines in an enclosed production facility and would employ between 2,000 to 3,000 people. According to the document, the shipyard would bring the total number of certified naval shipyard dry docks to 20.
At the same time, the American Naval Depot would be built in Lordstown. It would be a new construction site that would employ from 500 to 1,000 people. The maintenance of the submarine parts and those from aircraft carriers docked elsewhere would be done in Lordstown.
“The reason Lordstown is attractive to us is because of the rail network there with CSX and Norfolk Southern. So there’s national rail access, and because of the interstate connections — the turnpike, 76 and 80,” said Bartlett.
Bartlett called it a multi-billion dollar project that would involve both private and government money. He hopes to have broken ground by this fall. “We expect, based on preliminary work we’ve done with the construction folks, that the Lordstown site will be up and operating in about 24 months after that,” said Bartlett.
Mayor Hill said several sites are being looked at in Lordstown, but nothing has yet to be selected. AFL-CIO signed off on the project in Washington on Thursday.
It’s not a done deal yet and there’s the potential of 2,500 to 4,000 jobs being created in Northeast Ohio
The office of Congressman Tim Ryan released this statement Thursday night, “Congressman Ryan has been working with Bartlett Maritime Corporation for over a year on this project… While the project remains under development, he is supportive and hopeful it will come to fruition.”
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Obituary: Steven M. Welch
Steven Milo Welch, 61, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, died on January 26. Steve was the owner and captain at the Original Soo Locks Boat Tours (the white-painted boats Hiawatha, Holiday and Bide-A-Wee).
Steve was born on October 18, 1960, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI the son of Donald and Edith (Tillman) Welch. He graduated from Sault High with the class of 1978 and continued his education at LSSU. On April 2, 1994, he married Cindy Shaw at Calvary Baptist Church. He enjoyed fishing, working on bulldozers and tractors, and doing maintenance work at his business. He loved sharing the love of Jesus with others.
Steve is survived by his wife: Cindy Welch; his mother: Edith “Dee” Welch of Sault Ste. Marie; his brother: Donald (Ruth) Welch of Hope Sound, FL; and four nieces. HE was preceded in death by his father: Donald Welch; and his sister: Lynn Adams. Funeral services will be private. Burial will be at Pine Grove Cemetery later this spring
Lay-up reports needed
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