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Great Lakes shippers urge more icebreakers after $705 million loss
The Great Lakes freeze last winter caused $705 million in economic losses and fueled calls to expand the Coast Guard icebreaking fleet. Measuring the ice as the thickest in 38 years, the period disrupted steel, power and construction deliveries while nine Coast Guard vessels assisted. officials debate funding a Mackinaw-like unit versus upgrading existing ships.
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Traverse City
Mich
Great Lakes
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Lake Carriers’ Association
Jim Weakley
Association
Weakley
Martin Associates
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Canadian Coast Guard
Congress
Mackinaw
Glen Nekvasil
Davey Connor
Cleveland
U.S
Candice Miller
Michigan
House
Homeland Security Subcommittee On Border and Maritime Security
Great Lake
Lake Huron
Port Huron
Sarnia
Ont
Lake Carriers' Association