Great Lakes Ports And Shipyards Formalize Partnership
The American Great Lakes Ports Association and the Great Lakes Alliance of Shipyards have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on maritime infrastructure and shipbuilding. The partnership aims to boost regional industrial capacity and workforce development.
Why it matters
This formal alliance seeks to strengthen the U.S. maritime industrial base and improve supply chain efficiency across the Great Lakes region.
From left to right: Captain Paul LaMarre III, President, AGLPA, Patrick Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Fraser Industries and Brian Oszakiewski, Executive Director, AGLPA
The American Great Lakes Ports Association has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Great Lakes Alliance of Shipyards to advance shared priorities in domestic shipbuilding and commerce.
The MoU marks the first formal partnership between the U.S. Great Lakes port and shipyard communities. By connecting public port authorities with leading American shipyards, the organizations will work more closely to expand the region's industrial capacity, pursue new cargo and export opportunities, develop the next generation of skilled maritime workers, and advance national priorities to restore American shipbuilding and strengthen the maritime industrial base.
The partnership also recognizes the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System's critical role in connecting American industry to domestic and global markets.
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