GSGP Maritime Resource Library
GSGP Plans and Strategies
Strategy for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Maritime Transportation System
GSGP's key guiding document for the Maritime Initiative. The Strategy was developed in collaboration with government and industry partners and stakeholders, and describes the Maritime Initiative's major goals and objectives.
2019
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Maritime Five-Year Action Plan (2021-2026)
This plan assesses maritime needs and issues and provides medium-term direction for the Maritime Initiative.
2021
Green Shipping Resources
- June 2025- Tug & Harbor Craft Electrification Report
- July 2024 - Ferry Electrification in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Region Report and Inventory
- May 2024 - Emissions Reduction "Waterfall" Graphic and Memo
- March 2024 - Future Energy Options for Great Lakes Shipping, ICCT, ABS, GSGP
- October 2023 - Overview of the 2020/2021 Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Emissions Inventory.
- August 2023 - Great Lakes Commercial Vessels That Operate Like Ferries: A Potential Path to Electrification, Michigan Technological University
- July 2023 - Domestic Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Shipping Industry: Transition to Biofuels - Transit Cost Analysis, Innovation Maritime
- July 2022 - Domestic Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Shipping Industry: Transition to Biofuels, Innovation Maritime
- July 2022 - Great Lakes St. Lawrence Circuit
- March 2022 - Maritime Biodiesel Use Case, University of Michigan
- January 2022 - Electrification Opportunities for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Maritime Transportation System
- December 2021 - International Council on Clean Transportation Emissions Report
- September 2021 - Green Shipping Action Plan
- September 2021 - Green Marine Report on Opportunities to Improve Environmental Performance in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Maritime Transportation System
GSGP Partnerships
Other Resources
Summary Documents:
Smart Shipping:
- August 2022 - Potential Impact of Digital Technology Solutions on the New Soo Lock, Axia Institute
- September 2020 - Smart Shipping Challenges & Opportunities for the GLSL Region (report by HPC Hamburg Port Consulting)
- June 2019 - Letter to Congress on the Soo Locks
- August 2018 - Smart Ships Action Plan
- October 2017 - MOU announcing collaboration among the Governors and Premiers, the Marine Autonomy Coalition and the Norwegian Forum for Autonomous Ships
For more information on the Maritime Initiative, please contact the GSGP staff.
GSGP Maritime Initiative Webinars
Webinar featuring the Port of Antwerp - January 21, 2021
Webinar featuring featuring CPCS, Illinois International Port District, and the Chamber of Marine Commerce - August 5, 2020
Webinar featuring HPC Hamburg Port Consulting - July 9, 2020
Webinar featuring Green Marine, Interlake Steamship, and the Port of Montreal - December 3, 2019
Webinar featuring Dave Lorenz of Travel Michigan and Lisa Decker of Stevens Advertising - September 13, 2019
Webinar featuring Mike Piskur of GSGP and Professor Guy Meadows of Michigan Tech University- December 4, 2018
Webinar featuring CPCS Transcom - October 11, 2018
Webinar featuring the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards - March 5, 2018