The Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway system had a long and colorful history in ferry transportation during the late 1800s through the mid 1900s. Two major types of operations were in service: the rail-car ferry for cargo transportation and the cruise style ferry for passenger service. Prior to the revolution of the affordable personal car and interstate style highway networks, these ferries provided a necessary transportation connection between large cities and recreation centers. Today, only a fragment of the passenger and truck water transportation remains, such as small ferries to provide transportation to the islands of Lake Erie, the Detroit-Windsor truck ferry for hazardous cargo, or the Michigan Car Ferry seasonal Ro-Pax (roll-on roll-off with passenger) service.


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    Title :

    Great Lakes Cargo and Passenger Ferry Systems


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Ports Conference 2004 ; 2004 ; Houston, Texas, United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2004-05-13




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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