GLIN==> Soo Locks Now Open

Submitted by Thomas Black <Thomas.M.Black at usace.army.mil>

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The Lee A. Tregurtha opens 2010 Soo Locks shipping season as first vessel 
through the locks

DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the Soo Locks in Sault 
Ste. Marie, Mich., opened Sunday, March 21, marking the beginning of the 
Great Lakes shipping season.

The M/V Lee A. Tregurtha was the first ship to clear the Poe Lock at 7:46 
a.m., followed by six other commercial vessels later in the day. The Poe 
Lock opened earlier than scheduled this year after the Corps received 
several requests from the shipping community and their customers to open 
early due to “an improved business climate” and to replenish critically low 
iron ore and coal inventories.

Since Jan. 15, the Poe Lock, one of the Soo Locks’ two operational locks, 
was closed and underwent repairs and maintenance during the winter shutdown. 
The second operational lock at the Soo, the MacArthur Lock, has been closed 
since December 13, 2009. The MacArthur Lock is undergoing maintenance and is 
expected to reopen later in April depending on traffic volume.

For more information about the Soo Locks please contact the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, Lynn Duerod, Detroit District public affairs officer at (313) 
226-4680, or Steve Rose, acting area engineer at the Corps’ Soo Area Office 
at
(906) 635-3464.

Photo cutlines:
(1) The MV Lee A. Tregurtha heads up-bound through the Poe Lock as the first 
ship through the locks in 2010.
(2) The MV Lee A. Tregurtha, initiating the shipping season, moves through 
the lock gates at the Poe Lock as it heads up towards Lake Superior.

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U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – DETROIT DISTRICT
477 Michigan Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
www.lre.usace.army.mil
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