Published April 14, 2009, 12:00 AM

shipping


Georges Robichon, senior vice president and general counsel for Fednav, shares his concerns about Wisconsin’s proposed ballast water regulations with a crowd gathered to welcome the first ocean-going ship to arrive in a Superior for the 2009 international shipping season. The Federal Welland, background, took on grain at Cenex-Harvest States. The ship is equipped with a prototype ballast water treatment system that won’t meet Wisconsin’s standards.

(Shelley Nelson/snelson@superiortelegram.com)

Read the article: As shipping season begins, ballast issues looms large on the horizon