Posted on March 23, 2021
The bill also includes authorization for the construction of a new heavy Great Lakes Icebreaker (GLIB) which would most likely be built at a Wisconsin shipyard and derived from Great Lakes iron ore with steel produced at a Great Lakes steel mill and would serve Wisconsin and surrounding states for generations.
Several key Wisconsin ports benefit from USCG icebreaking including Green Bay, Milwaukee, Superior, Sturgeon Bay, and Marinette. Products such as fuel oil, road salt, iron ore, and limestone are critical to rebuilding the nations economy and infrastructure and the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act provides reassurance that commerce will have predictable and reliable assistance during the winter months when 15 percent of vital U.S. cargo is moved. Senator Baldwin and Congressman Gallagher continue to put Wisconsin’s maritime industry at the forefront.
