{"id":1751,"date":"2023-09-06T12:23:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T17:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/?post_type=newsletter&#038;p=1751"},"modified":"2023-09-06T12:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T17:23:25","slug":"66-billion-in-economic-activity-generated-by-the-maritime-industry-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"newsletter","link":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/publications\/66-billion-in-economic-activity-generated-by-the-maritime-industry-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"$66 Billion in Economic Activity Generated by the Maritime Industry in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With goods transit valued at $157.2 billion, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence region demonstrates once again that the maritime industry is a key economic driver that continues to stimulate growth, support port workers and help to strengthen regional and national economies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The numbers recently published in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/greatlakes-seaway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/eco_impact_full_2023_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region<\/a><\/em> in 2022 highlight the considerable economic impact of maritime trade in the Canadian and US economies. The study also reveals that maritime activities played a crucial role in job creation. All these data highlight the fundamental economic importance of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region, which is much more than a vital passageway for cargo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/map-1024x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/map-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/map-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/map-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/map.jpg 1251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","newsletter-category":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter\/1751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newsletter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newsletter-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mea.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter-category?post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}