Surfing the Great Lakes We’re taking a risk here because, almost inevitably, any listing of websites of local maritime interest will be incomplete. Merely defining “local maritime interest” raises thorny questions. Who is to say, for example, that one whose economic livelihood is dependent on the Great Lakes shipping industry has a keener interest in ships and shipping news than a dedicated amateur? Put another way, websites that interest a vessel agent or a marine surveyor may be drastically different from those that appeal to a shipwreck diver or a seriously addicted boatwatcher. Nevertheless, we plunge ahead with a sampling of websites that might add to your appreciation and understanding of the Great Lakes maritime industry. Because of space limitations, foreign and domestic shipowners’ sites are not included here. And if a topic of particular interest to you is absent — well, that’s what search engines are for. Locally Based Sites Duluth Seaway Port Authority: www.duluthport.com Lake Superior Warehousing Co.: www.lswci.com Hallett Dock Co.: www.hallettdock.com Midwest Energy Resources Co.: www.midwestenergy.com Fraser Shipyards, Inc.: www.frasershipyards.com Western Great Lakes Pilots Association: www.wglpa.com Duluth Shipping News: www.duluthshippingnews.com Duluth-Superior Vessel Traffic: www.duluthboats.com Vista Fleet: www.vistafleet.com Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute: www.glmri.org University of Wisconsin-Superior, Transportation & Logistics Center: uwsuper.edu/trans/ Lake Superior Magazine: www.lakesuperior.com Lake Superior Marine Museum Association: www.lsmma.com University Wisconsin-Superior, Lake Superior Maritime Collections:library.uwsuper.edu/special/marine Museum Vessel William A. Irvin: www.williamairvin.com Museum Vessel Meteor: www.superiorpublicmuseums.org/ssmeteor Twin Ports Ministry to Seafarers: www.theseafarerscenter.org
St. Lawrence Seaway: www.greatlakes-seaway.com Lake Carriers’ Association: www.lcaships.com Canadian Shipowners Association: www.shipowners.ca Canadian-U.S. Chamber of Maritime Commerce: www.cmc-ccm.com U.S. Great Lakes Shipping Association: www.usglsa.org Highway H2O: www.hwyh2o.com Great Lakes Towing: www.thegreatlakesgroup.com Great Lakes Maritime Academy: www.nmc.edu/maritime U.S. Coast Guard Ninth District: www.uscg.mil/d9/uscgd9.html U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District: www.lre.usace.army.mil U.S. Maritime Administration: www.marad.dot.gov/ Great Lakes/Seaway Review: www.greatlakes-seawayreview.com Great Lakes/Seaway Shipping News: www.boatnerd.com Great Lakes Cruising Coalition: www.greatlakescruisingcoalition.com Great Lakes Historical Society: www.inlandseas.org Great Lakes Information Network: www.great-lakes.net Association for Great Lakes Maritime History: www.aglmh.org Historical Collections: www.inlandmariners.com Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society: www.glsps.org American Association of Port Authorities: www.aapa-ports.org International
Maritime Organization: www.imo.org |