The Great Lakes Stakes

摘要

The legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter that sank during a storm on Lake Superior in 1975, has come to symbolize the fate of the Great Lakes shipping industry-a once-thriving trade swallowed by globalization. But the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system is still a relevant part of the U.S. economy, according to a new study conducted by Pennsylvania-based trade consultant Martin Associates, on behalf of U.S. and Canadian shipping and government authorities. The study finds that maritime commerce supports 227,000 jobs and contributes $14 billion in annual personal income, $34 billion in business revenue, $6 billion in local purchases, and $5 billion to federal, state/provincial, and local tax revenues.