# 2024-31616: Great Lakes Toll Booth Gets 2025 Price Update

2024-31616, Tariff of Tolls, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-06, effective 2025-01-06; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31616
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31616
- Title: Tariff of Tolls
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-06
- Effective: 2025-01-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Great Lakes Toll Booth Gets 2025 Price Update

## Summary

Starting January 6, 2025, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway is updating its toll fees to match new charges set by Canada’s side for the 2025 shipping season. This change affects all ships and cargo passing through the Seaway, making sure both countries charge the same tolls at the same time. If you’re moving goods through this waterway, expect the updated fees to kick in right away!

## Abstract

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls in their respective jurisdictions. The Tariff sets forth the level of tolls assessed on all commodities and vessels transiting the facilities operated by the GLS and the SLSMC. The GLS is revising its regulations to reflect the fees and charges levied by the SLSMC in Canada starting in the 2025 navigation season, which are effective only in Canada.

## Effects PRIA read

- Seaway tolls harmonized with Canada: mixed, medium. Starting January 6, 2025, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway will apply the fees and charges levied by the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation for the 2025 navigation season to vessels and cargo transiting the Seaway. This change makes the U.S. tariff reflect the Canadian-side tari…
- New-business and volume rebate programs: benefit, medium. The tariff includes incentive rebates: a 20% New Business Initiative Program rebate on applicable cargo charges for approved periods, a 10% Volume Rebate Incentive (retroactive) on incremental volume up to pre-approved maximums, and a 20% New Service Incentive refund on applicable cargo tolls for a…
- Pleasure craft per-lock fee specified: cost, low. The tariff sets a charge per pleasure craft per lock transited of $25.00 (and notes that the charge at the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation's locks—Eisenhower and Snell—is $30 USD or $30 CAD per lock).
- U.S. commercial toll portion waived; currencies noted: benefit, low. The rule notes that the U.S. portion of tolls for commercial vessels is waived by law (33 U.S.C. 988a(a)); it also states that charges collected at the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation's locks will be collected in U.S. dollars while the other charges are in Canadian dollars f…
- Minimum per-lock charge and Welland Canal cap set: mixed, medium. The tariff sets a minimum charge per vessel per lock transited of 33.93 (currency per table) and for the Welland Canal a maximum charge per vessel of 4,889.00. It also shows a Welland Canal lockage charge per Gross Registered Ton of 0.3495 in the table.

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## Sources
- [2024-31616 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-31616/tariff-of-tolls)
- [2024-31616 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-31616.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31616 (as of 2026-06-11).