Program encourages more exports through the Great Lakes

Program encourages more exports through the Great Lakes

A partnership between the U.S. Soy Transportation Coalition and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation encourages more agricultural shipping through the Great Lakes.

Mike Steenhoek

Mike Steenhoek with the U.S. Soy Transportation Coalition says the partnership allows new freight of over 75 thousand metric tons to cut the cost of lock tolls in half. “When transportation costs go up, a lot of those costs get passed on to the farmer, and so anytime you can make your transportation system more efficient, my mind immediately goes to more money in the farmer’s wallet, and that’s really what we care about.”

Steenhoek says the Great Lakes and the St.