Where the hell are the jobs, then?
Good timing, a week before an election from a state that is poised to give the Democrats a good a**-kicking.
grain. headed for China, India, Pakistans, and other faraway places...
Yes, that is good news. It would be interesting to see how the LTL trucking industry is doing. Anyone out there with a trucking company?
“Shipping traffic nearing pre-recession levels (Great Lakes)”
The worthless Obama Dollar makes Great Lakes shipped US commodities (wheat, iron ore, etc) dirt cheap for China.
There is coal tonnage that leaves here but that is pretty consistent from year to year. It is primarily coal from Montana that is moved by rail to Duluth/Superior and then shipped to Canada for power plant usage.
Iron ore shipping probably makes up the bulk of what is shipped here for private (if GM is even private anymore), commercial, domestic use. I don't know how much that might have changed this year.
Shipping in the Twin Ports is a mere shadow of what it was in the 1960s and the economy here slowly sputters along.
We tend not to get hurt by large national recessions as much as other places because the economy here is always depressed. The ups and downs are just smaller than in other parts of the country.
The area's local governments have a decidedly antibusiness attitude which prevents commercial relocation here from elsewhere with a few exceptions such as Cirrus Aviation.
There is coal tonnage that leaves here but that is pretty consistent from year to year. It is primarily coal from Montana that is moved by rail to Duluth/Superior and then shipped to Canada for power plant usage.
Iron ore shipping probably makes up the bulk of what is shipped here for private (if GM is even private anymore), commercial, domestic use. I don't know how much that might have changed this year.
Shipping in the Twin Ports is a mere shadow of what it was in the 1960s and the economy here slowly sputters along.
We tend not to get hurt by large national recessions as much as other places because the economy here is always depressed. The ups and downs are just smaller than in other parts of the country.
The area's local governments have a decidedly antibusiness attitude which prevents commercial relocation here from elsewhere with a few exceptions such as Cirrus Aviation.
And this just when the skies of November are about to turn gloomy.
Sounds like its mostly grain shipments. With Russia not selling any, this is to be expected. As this is all raw material, I fail to see how it helps out much. Its not like we are shipping cars or other value added goods over seas.
The Red Diaper-Doper Babies have their dydies in a wet-wad recently over Canada shipping their spent nuclear reactors to Sweden for re-cycling, via the Great Lakes.
“Oh! Oh! Oh! That’s going to pollute our PRECIOUS, GORGEOUS, BEAUTIFUL, FANTASTIC Great Lakes!!!!!” Ooooh! Oooooh!”
The power company rep said “If you dropped your pacemaker into the lakes it would pollute them more than this will”.
The Whiners said, “Oh! Did you hear how he brushed us off? He’s ARROGANT!!!”.