HazMaTON: Transforming Hazardous Materials Transportation
The Hazards Are Real
- In April 2018, the Husky Energy Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, was shutting down in preparation for a five-week turnaround when an explosion occurred, sending several people to area hospitals with injuries.
- In July 2010, the Enbridge Line 6B Pipeline ruptured contaminating the Kalamazoo River in Michigan and resulting in one of the largest inland oil spills in U.S.
Great Lakes Transport Program
Why is Minnesota Sea Grant involved?
World's third-largest economy. If the binational Great Lakes - St. Lawrence region was a country, it would represent the third largest economy in the world; behind the United States and China (Martin and Associates, July 2018). In 2017, the Great Lakes - St.