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University of Toledo
The Great Lakes Maritime Research Information Clearinghouse was developed in 2006 to provide decision-makers with access to accurate, current, and comprehensive data on the value of the Great Lake Maritime Transportation System (GL MTS). The data clearinghouse was designed to be an information deilvery system, with the capacity to facilitate the aquisition, storage, exchage, and anaylsis of data on the maritime industry in the Great Lakes. Data on job creation, competition, congestion, safety, and overarching economic impacts of have been highlighted by GL MTS as particularly important to public officials.