b'SEPTEMBER 13 - 26, 2021MIDWEST PORTS 21The Spliethoff Groups Cleveland-Europe Express provides vessel service between the Port of Cleveland and Antwerp, Belgium, with links to other European hubs.(LINKScontinued from page 22) moving grain and other export cargos,Rail activity is up for the Portsas well as such imports as steel, salt of Indiana, Vanta E. Coda II, chiefand oversize wind energy units.executive officer of the Ports of Indi- Weveexperiencedsolidser-ana, told AJOT, projecting year-over- vice to rail, Carey told AJOT. Very year increases in overall rail numbersstrongrelationshipsaremaintained encompassing the entitys three ports,with the short lines and Class Is, and led by Jeffersonville, across the Ohiothings move quite well.Theinter-River from Louisville, Kentucky. connectivity of the system is critical, With a boost from a $10 millionCareyadded.Withtherailserving federalinfrastructuregrant,thePortspretty much every port, its a modelRail interfaces with barge transport at the Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville, where shipments of of Indiana-Jeffersonville is advancingthats worked very well for years. steel and potash are driving recent gains in tonnage.morethan$24millioninenhance-mentsaddingnearly4milestothe portsexisting11-milerailnetwork. The port is served by Class III operator Louisville & Indiana Railroad, offer-ing direct connections to Class I rail providers CSX and Norfolk Southern. Both CSX and NS are rail provid-ers as well via the Port of Cleveland, promoted as the only Great Lakes port handlingimportandexportmarine containers.Itsallaboutspeedandeffi-ciency and giving the shippers a dif-ferentoption,JadeD.Davis,the Port of Clevelands vice president of external affairs, said of the Cleveland-Europe Express, or CEE, billed as the only direct, scheduled vessel service between the Great Lakes and Europe.The CEE was initiated seven years ago, with the Port of Cleveland itself chartering the first ship, according to Davis, before the twice-monthly ser-vice was assumed by the Amsterdam-based Spliethoff Group. Inlate August,Spliethoffadded thecontainershipPeytonLynnC, owned by Doornekamp Shipping Ser-vices, to the CEE service, augment-ingSpliethoff-ownedmultipurpose tweendeckersontheroutebetween Antwerp in Belgium, Doornekamps terminal at Picton on Lake Ontario in southeastern Ontario and the Port of Cleveland on Lake Erie.Mostofthecontainersmoving on the CEE go in and out by truck, according to Davis, but CSX and NS rails, connected to the Port of Cleve-landviaanOmniTraxshortline, handle significant volumes of project cargos throughout a region spanning Michigan,westernPennsylvania, southern Ohio, Indiana and Chicago.IntheGreatLakes-St.Lawrence Seawayrealm,containerizedcargo moves also have been on the upswing at the Port of Hamilton, on the western tip of Lake Ontario. In June, HamiltonHARNESS THE GLOBAL POWER OF A GREAT LAKES PORT.Container Terminal partnered with the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority, vesselRegional, national and international logisticians count on Port Milwaukee for a turnkey approach operatorDesgagns,FederalMarineto solve their transportation and supply chain needs. Strategically located in the industrial center Terminals and the Port of Montral inof the U.S., Port Milwaukee provides premier access to domestic and world markets.launching a short-sea container service between Hamilton and Montral. VISIT PORTMILWAUKEE.COM . PORT @ MILWAUKEE.GOVKen Carey, manager of business developmentfortheSt.Lawrence Seaway Management Corp., marketed as Hwy H2O, noted the importance of rail serving ports throughout the two-nation Locks and Lakes region in'