Great Lakes Cargo and Passenger Ferry Systems

The U.S. Harbor Maintenance Tax: A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Passed?

“…But also, compliance with the HMT requires valuation of items within any con tainer or vehicle transported onboard a ship, requiring a substantial volume of paperwork (Stewart 2005). There is currently one op erating truck-only ferry on the Great Lakes, the Detroit/Windsor Truck Ferry, ferry service to various islands such as the Erie Islands and the Apostle Islands, and a RO-Pax (Roll-On/ Roll-Off with Passenger Service), the Michi gan Car Ferry Service on Lake Michigan (Price and Vickerman 2004). The opportunities for additional truck ferry and RO/RO service on the Great Lakes are substantially limited by the imposition of the HMT.…”