The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation in Canada and the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation in the U.S. are working closely with Harbor House Publishers to again produce the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System Directory, a dynamic and comprehensive publication that will be used throughout the region and world-wide over a two-year period.
Harbor House Publishers, publishers of Great Lakes/Seaway Review, brings to the project over 38 years of experience in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway maritime industry.
This Directory is a full-color, glossy magazine format with substantive information on every aspect of the Great Lakes Seaway System. It will be illustrated with extensive photography and graphics and serve as an excellent marketing tool for any business in the Great Lakes Seaway maritime industry.
2,500 copies will be distributed over a two-year period for use on trade missions, at expositions and conferences. The Directory will be utilized for marketing initiatives by the SLSMC and SLSDC, ports, shipping agents, fleet operators, stevedores and other interests within the system.
Distribution includes:
- Trade Missions world-wide
- Embassies world-wide
- System-wide meetings and conferences
- Ports
- Members of Parliament
- U.S. Congress
- Current customers
- System prospects
- Media
- Promotional tours
- Information requests
- Agents
The Directory will feature:
- An overview of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System, identifying its physical characteristics, the commodities it handles and its role in the North American economy.
- Coverage of new technologies, efficiencies, quality assurances and customer service initiatives that define the Seaway of the 21st century.
- Presentation of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence system as a unified system, as Highway H2O.
- Comprehensive profiles of all major Canadian and U.S. ports in the system.
- Operational information on public and private service providers, including government agencies such as the Canadian and U.S. Coast Guards, stevedoring firms, pilotage agencies, vessel agents, brokers, freight forwarders, tugboat operators and ship repair yards.
- A complete Great Lakes Seaway System directory with addresses, phone and fax numbers, websites and e-mail addresses.