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LCD-80-87 1 (1980-07-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabaxo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: [ , 1 1..... Vt, i k/ ... RE L V0 ' C,, GAO United States General Accounting Office Logistics and Washington, DC 20548 Communications Division a-199587 JULY 24, 1980 The Honorable Bennett M. Stewart House of Representatives 113102 Dear Mr. Stewart: Subject: se of Great Lakes Ports and the St. Lawrence Qeaway for Government Export Shipments j (LCD-80-87) J Your April 30, 1979, letter asked us to investigate maritime shipments by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Agriculture to determine whether the Government is shipping goods overseas by the most eco- nomical route. You also requested that we examine all Government shipments from all U.S. ports to determine whether the Government is shipping from the port closest to the point of origin of the shipment, and if not, why the Government agency is not using the closest port. You referred to an article in the Chicago Tribune in which the general manager of the Chicago Regional Port District voiced his concern regarding the small amount of Government cargoes moving overseas via the port of Chicago. The article also addressed the problem of how to increase the use of our fourth seacoast (the Great Lakes). You later agreed that we should defer our work until after the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries completed hearings which it had scheduled during the summer of 1979 on matters that might affect Great Lakes shipping. On September 28, 1979, we met with your office to discuss the results of the hearings and what work, if any, we should undertake. We agreed that an examination of all Government shipments would be nonproductive in view of existing cargo preference laws, seasonal disruption of Great Lakes shipping, and the infre- quency of U.S.-flag service to Great Lakes ports. We also ..... ,(943355)

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