About:
The Great
Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) is a wholly owned
government corporation which encourages the development of trade through the
Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System, a waterborne, direct route to the
heartland of North America.
The Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River combine to form the longest
deep-draft navigation system in the world, extending 3,700 kilometers (2,300
miles) into the North American heartland. The system includes the five Great
Lakes and their connecting channels, as well as the St. Lawrence River to the
Gulf of St. Lawrence. A series of locks either lift or lower vessels to
overcome elevation changes.
GLS
serves the U.S. intermodal and international transportation system by improving
the operation and maintenance of this safe, reliable, efficient, and
environmentally responsible deep-draft waterway, in cooperation with its
Canadian counterpart, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation. We
welcome the opportunity to discuss advantages of shipping through the Great
Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System to add sustainability, reliability, and redundancy to your
supply chain.
