WATER LEVELS
July 1st, 2001
BY MONICA DOBIESHIPPING companies working throughout the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River and its navigation seaways are being forced to carry less cargo because of very low water levels, worse than those recorded in 1999 and 2000, when there was also a water shortage.Peter Yee, manager of the International St. Lawrence River Board of Control, an agency affiliated with Environment Canada to help control water levels told Lloyds List that high air temperatures have caused the well below average levels that have forced Great Lakes vessels to unload cargo.It is ...
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