Word: seaway
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...found large deposits of natural gas in the Mackenzie River delta, would not only help to finance the pipeline but also use it to export surplus gas to the U.S. Adds William Brackett, the consortium's American vice chairman: "We've been shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway for years without any friction between the nations. Besides, if Canada were to close the pipeline for some reason, the U.S. could retaliate easily. Almost all of western Canada's oil goes to eastern Canada through the U.S.; we could shut off their...
When the St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959, Mid westerners envisioned the shores of the Great Lakes becoming "America's fourth seacoast." Today that dream has all but sunk out of sight. Despite the seaway's direct route to the bustling ports of Europe and the Middle East, the Great Lakes ports from Duluth to Rochester are suffering through a depression that looks almost impossible to reverse...
...longshoremen cannot be blamed for any of the worst problems, which are long-term and seem almost insoluble. The St. Lawrence Seaway has become virtually obsolete. Its locks are too small to let through the "super" ships (27-ft. draft or more) that move cargo most efficiently these days...
About the only hope for the Great Lakes is that long-divided dock workers, terminal operators and port authorities have formed an alliance to remedy some problems that are not rooted in the very nature of the seaway. They are asking the U.S. Maritime Administration for the same subsidies that are collected by the coastal shipping interests that compete with them. They also want moderation of the "Ship American" policy, which is mandated by the Merchant Marine...
...requires shippers to use U.S.-flag vessels to move varying percentages of certain cargoes-half of all goods shipped to the Soviet Union, for instance. But not a single U.S.-flag ship is left that is efficient enough for trans-ocean commerce and small enough to fit through the seaway locks-so the law in effect forbids many U.S. shippers to use the Great Lakes...