Cold Weather, Low Water Levels Reduced Great Lakes Shipping in 2000.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: February 12, 2001 | Copyright information

By Matt Glynn, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 12--The Great Lakes shipping season ended last week, and the shipping companies weren't sorry to see it go.

Heavy ice impeded the cargo freighters' travel, forcing many of them to call it a season earlier than usual. Even the most powerful ships were unable to get through without help from the U.S. and Canada Coast Guards' icebreakers, said the Lake Carriers' Association, which...

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