Resources
Multi-Year Plans & Strategies
- September 2021 - Great Lakes St. Lawrence Maritime Five-Year Action Plan (2021-2026)
- September 2021 - Green Shipping Action Plan
- September 2021 - Green Marine Report on Opportunities to Improve Environmental Performance in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Maritime Transportation System
- August 2020 - Great Lakes St. Lawrence Shipping and COVID-19 Report
- June 2019 - Maritime International Action Plan
- June 2019 - Joint Declaration of Intent with the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
- June 2016 - Strategy for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Maritime Transportation System
Green Shipping
- October 2023 - Overview of the 2020/2021 Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Emissions Inventory. Full inventory to be released in December, 2023. Report prepared by the International Council on Clean Transportation.
- August 2023 - Great Lakes Commercial Vessels That Operate Like Ferries: A Potential Path to Electrification, Michigan Technological University
- July 2023 - Domestic Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Shipping Industry: Transition to Biofuels - Transit Cost Analysis, Innovation Maritime
- July 2022 - Domestic Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Shipping Industry: Transition to Biofuels, Innovation Maritime
- July 2022 - Great Lakes St. Lawrence Circuit
- March 2022 - Maritime Biodiesel Use Case, University of Michigan
- January 2022 - Electrification Opportunities for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Maritime Transportation System
- December 2021 - International Council on Clean Transportation Emissions Report
Smart Shipping & Soo Locks
- August 2022 - Potential Impact of Digital Technology Solutions on the New Soo Lock, Axia Institute
- September 2020 - Smart Shipping Challenges & Opportunities for the GLSL Region (report by HPC Hamburg Port Consulting)
- June 2019 - Letter to Congress on the Soo Locks
- August 2018 - Smart Ships Action Plan
- October 2017 - MOU announcing collaboration among the Governors and Premiers, the Marine Autonomy Coalition and the Norwegian Forum for Autonomous Ships
For more information on the Maritime Initiative, please contact the GSGP staff.