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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

St. Lawrence Seaway

Georgia Ports Authority San Jacinto Training Great Lakes bulker mariners to the San Jacinto College inspections. Notable rehabilitation by construction of the Upper Lock 1 Tie- maritime program for required job the St. Lawrence Seaway include re- up Wall in the Welland Canal.

training and recerti? cation, thanks to a ‘Skills for Small Business’ grant by the Texas Workforce Commis- sion. Capt. James Andrews, president of Point Comfort Towing, identi? ed six courses offered at the College’s

Maritime Technology and Training

Center in La Porte, Texas, to devel- op technical skills for his engineers, leadership for his captains, and radar and shipboard ? re? ghting training.

The San Jacinto College Maritime

Technology and Training Center on the Maritime Campus offers a full calendar of USCG-approved profes- sional mariner courses.

Canadian Fleets, Seaway Invest $160M for Coming Season

Canadian shipowners and the St. Law- rence Seaway have spent $160 million on repair and infrastructure projects this winter. An estimated $70 million will maintain and upgrade vessels dur- ing the winter months – an annual ex- ercise that keeps their vessels in tip-top shape to safely and ef? ciently deliver goods for North American businesses.

The St. Lawrence Seaway Manage- ment Corporation also allocated $90 million for infrastructure modern- ization and maintenance projects in 2016-2017, the vast majority of which were carried out in the last few months in advance of the Seaway opening on

March 20. Vessel projects include en- gine and generator overhauls, steel and mechanical work, navigation equip- ment and system hardware and soft- ware upgrades, accommodation and safety equipment upgrades and annual 57 www.marinelink.com MN