Even as local officials forecast a robust and growing economic impact from maritime shipping, they warn that impact worth many billions of dollars is threatened with extinction. As WRVO's Joyce Gramza reports, the shipping industry says the culprit would be the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
The Port of Oswego Authority and Saint Lawrence Seaway officials are celebrating the release of a first-of-its kind report on the economic impact of shipping in the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence system.