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Participants in the SLSDC Trade Mission:

Richard Corfe, President & CEO, of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

Peter Burgess, Senior Marine Officer, Marine Services, of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

Bruce Hodgson, Director, Market Development, of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

Jennie Richardson, Market Development Specialist of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

Terry Johnson, Administrator of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

Rebecca McGill, Director of Trade Development of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

Steven Pfeiffer, VP Maritime Services of the PORT OF CLEVELAND: It is the third largest port on the Great Lakes, averaging nearly $1 billion annually in imports and exports.

John Stoker, Port Director of the PORT OF DETROIT: Its annualinternational cargo is 600-700,000 metric tons.      The tonnage is largely comprised of steel slabs and general cargo from foreign countries.

Betty Nowak, Marketing Director of the PORT OF MILLWAUKEE: The Port is well known for its heavy lift capability. Its stiff leg derrick is capable of lifting a total of 440,000 pounds (200,000 kg) at a 52-foot (16 meter) radius.   Additional capacity can be provided up to a maximum of about 545,000 pounds (247,200 kg) at a 45' (13.7 meter) radius. Milwaukee handles a diverse mix of general cargoes including steel, forest products, bagged materials, heavy machinery, farm and construction machinery, and project cargoes.

Rejean Leclerc, Counselor of Maritime Transportation

Jason Lowery, Director of Business Development of the MIDWEST TERMINALS OF TOLEDO: This full-service U.S. port, includes a Foreign Trade Zone and NYMEX - approved warehouse facility located at the mouth of the Maumee River at the west end of Lake Erie. It is linked to major rail, interstate trucking and air routes feeding The Midwest.

Adolph Ojard, Executive Director and Ron Johnson, Trade Development Director of the PORT OF DULUTH: It is one of the largest inland seaports in the world. Its annual cargo(iron ore (40%), coal (40%), grain (10%), specialized cargo (10%)) averages about 45 million net tons.

Alkis Scourtellies, Managing Director of the NAVITRANS SHIPPING AGENCY: Navitrans provides both Agency in the East coast of Canada and the Great Lakes and Chartering services. This company received its ISO 9002 certification. It serves a wide variety of cargoes, including break bulk, bagged, project, heavy lifts and reefer cargoes, forest products, pulp and paper products, bulk cargoes of broken glass, cement, coal, petcoke, concentrates, fertilizers, grain, scrap, steel, sugar and sulphur , crude, clean and dirty petroleum products and other liquid cargoes, and containers

Jonathan Daniels, Port Director of the PORT OF OSWEGO: It is the first U.S. port of call on Lake Ontario and the Great Lakes from the Atlantic and the St. Lawrence Seaway. It is also the gateway to the New York State Barge Canal System through the Oswego River Canal, once better known as the Erie Canal, and to the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway.

John Baker, Assistant General Organizer of the INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION: It is the largest union of maritime workers in North America, representing upwards of 65,000 longshoremen on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, Great Lakes, major U.S. rivers, Puerto Rico and Eastern Canada. It is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; the Canadian Labour Congress and the world-wide International Transport Workers' Federation.

Donna Taylor, CEO & Port Manager, Harbormaster of the OSHAWA HARBOR COMMISSION: This port is capable of accommodating any size or type of vessel entering the Seaway System and provides shippers with a wide range of cargo handling equipment, from heavy lift cranes to fork lift trucks. The labour force is experienced in handling all types of cargo.

Alan Taylor, European Representative of the HIGHWAY H2O (THE GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SYSTEM): Hwy H2O serves a region that accounts for some 40% of U.S. manufacturing, produces two-thirds of Canada’s industrial output, creates more than one third of the continent’s gross national product, and grows almost half of the soybeans and corn in the U.S.