Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  I think we've been a bit conservative here in Canada. In other words, if we can't guarantee that every year it will be efficient, with no ice, and clear, then we close it between Christmas and New Year's just to be safe. We don't need that, though. Our business is full of uncerta

Transport committee  It's the St. Lawrence Seaway rules, or the operator of the seaway. Certainly we're in discussions with them. They've been open to determining how much cargo we'll move. In my experience, certainly on the U.S. side with the locks there, we need to do it fairly quickly and take adv

Transport committee  I have a quick comment. The new, large ships we have could be converted to LNG. It's the technology on the ship in terms of the infrastructure. It's a bit more expensive at start up but all the technology is there.

Transport committee  The old lakers were typically 730 feet long. The new ones are 740 feet long. They still fit in the lock system. The hull designs were optimized for fuel efficiency, pushing through the water with less energy. Also they are faster, not maybe in the canal, but when you're in Lake

Transport committee  The challenge is typically the infrastructure. In short-sea shipping you go to a lot of different local ports. Sometimes you pull in; you can't even get to the edge. You have to take a rowboat to shore to tie up your lines. It's a little trickier to get LNG available in all the p

Transport committee  Typically, it doesn't cross an ocean. It requires a different kind of asset that can be optimized and used on shorter trips many times over and over. It becomes almost like a conveyor belt or a pipeline, but floating on the water, which is less expensive to operate and is safer.

Transport committee  I'll use two examples. One would be gasoline products. We have a fleet of six product tankers that are trading around the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. We trade 12 months of the year. We never stop. We trade certainly into the seaway through the Welland Canal into the GTA

Transport committee  Briefly, we need to keep the Welland Canal open longer.

Transport committee  A couple weeks longer would make a huge difference in terms of the number of trucks that would come off the highway. Obviously, all season would be wonderful. There would have to be some significant investment, but not a lot, to keep it open two or three weeks longer. It's a bit

Transport committee  Good morning. I'm representing Algoma Central Corporation. We've been in business for over 100 years, incorporated in Canada. We are the largest carrier on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, with almost 30 ships plying these waters exclusively, ships that were purpose-built