Transport committee  I would tend to agree.

Transport committee  I could tell you from the U.S. perspective that one of my member companies did enter a joint venture with an LNG provider, and for whatever reason, the LNG provider pulled out. They were well ahead of the curve. They were going to use LNG on the Great Lakes as a fuel source, and

Transport committee  I believe that provider pulled out of all of their LNG fuel bases, so I don't think that could have been the case. I will tell you, in the Puerto Rico trade between the U.S. and Puerto Rico, there are LNG vessels as well. As Mr. Burrows has said, we're doing the same.

Transport committee  We've lost business to roads, to trucks, and we still have not recovered from the cargo that we lost earlier this year. We've clearly lost tonnage. We're ahead on a monthly basis, but we're behind on an annual basis. Clearly, the lack of icebreaking in 2014-15, we calculated, on

Transport committee  I see both. You can look at examples. The RCC has done a good job of trying to harmonize. Two examples they give are Cheerios—they can sell Cheerios on both sides of the border—and, from our perspective, life jackets. It was a Herculean act to align those regulations to sell thos

Transport committee  Yes, sir.

Transport committee  I'll go first and speak quickly, sir. There are two aspects, and one is icebreaking. If you look at the 1980s, on the Great Lakes we had 19 icebreakers between the U.S. and Canadian governments. Currently we have 11. The U.S. has gone from 12 icebreakers down to nine. The Canadi

Transport committee  Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. My name is Jim Weakley, and I serve as president of the Lake Carriers' Association, based in Cleveland, Ohio. On behalf of my members, I would like to congratulate you on laun