Deepwater

Genesee County is located an hour or less from three deepwater ports: Detroit, Port Huron and Saginaw.

No other state offers the variety of shipping opportunity available in Michigan. Major ports in Detroit, Saginaw and the Upper Peninsula provide full service, including U.S. Customs services, for all types of shipping.

The Great Lakes are an independent shipping system, with the Soo Locks and the St. Lawrence Seaway providing a navigational connection to the Atlantic Ocean and European markets. Ports on Michigan's west coast have access to the Mississippi River barge system connecting to the river valley and the Gulf of Mexico.

Michigan has 38 deepwater ports, more than some coastal states. They give shippers direct connections to the entire Great Lakes shipping system, the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River barge system and, via the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Atlantic Ocean.

For more information on deepwater ports go to:

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/mi/3804.xml