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Old 08-18-2010, 09:02 AM
Abbott Shaull Abbott Shaull is offline
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Originally Posted by nuke11 View Post
60% of the coal shipped thru the Great Lakes come from the Powder River Basin that runs through Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. The coal is railed to Superior, Wisconsin, where it is then loaded into U.S.- and Canadian-Flag lakers.

West Virginia and Kentucky ship coal to ports on Lake Erie and Lake Michigan.

Coal mines in Canada from Alberta and British Columbia ship there coal thru Thunder Bay, ON.

Pennsylvania and Ohio also ship coal thru the Great Lakes as well.
Ore slated for U.S. ports can only be carried by US flagged Carriers and same with Canadian. One of the twisted rules...
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