Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade Down in January
    Posted by Michelle Howard 
    Wednesday, January 27, 2016
        
            
            
        
        
            
            
        
    
    
    
    
    
    Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway totaled 2,158,254 tons in January, a decrease of 22 percent compared to a year ago.  
Loadings at U.S. ports were down 21 percent.  Shipments from Canadian ports in the Seaway dipped 31 percent.