Ports and Transportation
Featured Story: Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Wins Major Award for International Cargo
April 10, 2017 - A major honor for the Port of Toledo. It’s one of six ports that are being recognized with what’s known as a Pacesetter Award. The Award is given by the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to ports that increase international cargo tonage.
About 7,000 jobs are tied to the Port of Toledo and it has a one billion dollar economic impact on the region. And global business is up double digits, "We were up about 15% from 2015. A lot of that increase is due to grain, direct overseas grain shipments."
Cappel says between 500-800 vessels come in and out of the port every year, up to 100 of them from overseas, "Most of our direct overseas trade is with northern Europe and north Africa and the Mediterranean region. We have had shipments from Mexico and South America as well. We even get shipments from Russia and eastern Europe."
More than 8 million tons of cargo moved in and out of Toledo in 2016. (Read More)