St. Lawrence Seaway cargo numbers jump

Christopher ReynoldsTHE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL — The St. Lawrence Seaway saw its highest cargo numbers since 2007 last year, propelled by a spike in grain shipments and global tariff wars that worked in Canada’s favour.
Traffic hit 40.9 million tonnes in 2018, a seven per cent year-over-year increase, according to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp.
Grain made up nearly one-third of all tonnage on the 60-year-old waterway, rising 20 per cent from 2017.
The towering grain figures