Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway: Assessing Risks and Measuring Performance Could Improve Maritime Transportation
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway: Assessing Risks and Measuring Performance Could Improve Maritime Transportation
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The Great Lakes-Seaway system extends 2,300 miles and serves more than 100 ports in the United States and Canada. Four of the 17 locks that enable navigation are managed by the Army Corps (within the Department of Defense) and U.S. Seaway Corporation (within the Department of Transportation). The rest are managed by Canada. A 2007 U.S.-Canada study noted the system could absorb additional traffic and led to U.S. asset renewal plans to improve lock infrastructure condition. GAO was asked to review efforts to modernize the Great Lakes-Seaway. This report examines (1) shipping trends since 1980 and factors affecting recent trends, (2) stakeholder views on challenges to use, and (3) the extent to which the Army Corps and the U.S. Seaway Corporation have made progress on and measure performance of lock renewal efforts. GAO analyzed Seaway and Army Corps shipping data from 1980 through 2016, the agencies asset renewal plans, and interviewed24 stakeholders, including port and shipper representatives, selected to represent a range of perspectives.
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Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway: Assessing Risks and Measuring Performance Could Improve Maritime Transportation
2018
58 pages
Report
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Englisch
Natural Resources & Earth Sciences , Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies , Transportation , Army corps of engineers , Climate change , Coast guard , Commerce , Congress , Environmental protection , Governments , Great lakes , Homeland security , Inland waterways , Marine transportation , Saint lawrence seaway , Shipping , United states , United states government , Waterways
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