• Determination
• Action
• Principles

Determination

Marine transportation remains one of the world’s most environmentally friendly means of shipping goods. Building on its reputation, the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes marine industry is going one step further and taking action to strengthen its environmental performance. For the first time in North America, all sectors of the marine industry have united to voluntarily adopt an environmental program designed to drive a process of continuous improvement along this major maritime corridor.

Green Marine is being spearheaded by an alliance of the marine industry associations in Canada and the United States:

• American Great Lakes Ports Association
• Canadian Shipowners Association 
• Chamber of Marine Commerce 
• Ontario Marine Transportation Forum
• Shipping Federation of Canada 
• St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES)
• St. Lawrence Shipoperators 
• United States Great Lakes Shipping Association

It is headed by a Council of Governors composed of the Presidents of marine companies that are participants of the Green Marine environmental program. The three co-chairs are Gerry Carter (Canada Steamship Lines), Terry Johnson (Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation) and Laurence G. Pathy (Fednav Limited).

Developing the Green Marine environmental program has represented  a challenge for the marine industry. The complexity of the task has been increased by the diversity of industry sectors and by the international nature of marine transportation. Green Marine is an important step that demonstrates the marine industry’s determination to improve its environmental performance with concrete and measurable actions.
  

Green Marine’s main goals are to:

• Strengthen environmental performance through a process of continuous improvement;
• Build strong relations with Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Waterway stakeholders;
• Heighten understanding of the industry’s activities and environmental benefits.