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Seaway Struggles Sparkship Delays and Dock Shortages
Traffic jams from ice on the St. Lawrence River disrupted Great Lakes shipping with up to 50 ships backed up at the Welland Canal. Port facilities varied, Buffalo reporting shallow harbors and outdated docks while Cleveland and Chicago worked to handle foreign traffic. Authorities vow fixes as Canada bans ships lacking canal handling gear.
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St. Lawrence River
Lake Ontario
Welland Canal
Lake Erie
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Great Lakes
Cleveand
Chicago
Lake Calumet
Buffalo
Canada