The strike has shut down 13 locks between Lake Erie and Montreal, bottling up ships in the Great Lakes and preventing more ships from coming in.
It’s the first time that a strike has shut down the vital shipping artery since 1968.
A U.S. Navy warship, the littoral combat ship USS Marinette, was supposed to leave Cleveland on Lake Erie on Monday, but remains stuck.
Shipments within the four Great Lakes from Superior to Erie such as iron ore and coal can still go through.
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