2026-04-02T10:09:06-07:00 2025-12-31 920767184 DEMARCHI AND SCHAEFER 1111 SUPERIOR AVE EAST SUITE 604 CLEVELAND OH 44114 990 2025-01-01 340347260 LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION LAKE 4403339995 25651 DETROIT ROAD WESTLAKE OH 441452415 JAMES H WEAKLEY PRESIDENT 4403339995 2026-03-26 true ROBERT J SCHAEFER P00540365 2162416975 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JAMES WEAKLEY 25651 DETROIT RD 102 WESTLAKE OH 44145 2032433 false X WWW.LCASHIPS.COM X 1880 OH The organizations mission is to improve business conditions affecting the Great Lakes shipping industry. Their most significant recent activities involve Canadian ballast water reform, 22 22 4 0 39 0 628525 621811 1203153 1410583 39 0 1831678 2032433 0 0 828565 858166 0 0 1086789 1634771 1915354 2492937 -83676 -460504 698999 276511 125477 163493 573522 113018 The organizations mission is to improve business conditions affecting the Great Lakes shipping industry. Their most significant recent activities involve Canadian ballast water reform, false false 628874 628874 CANADIAN BALLAST WATER: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)proposed regulations to implement the Vessel Discharge Act. Lake Carriers Association (LCA) hired a lobbying firm to assist it with submitting comments and working through the regulatory process. LCA also hired a lobbying firm to help it pursue a Federal Maritime Commission petition alleging the use of its ballast water regulations by the Canadian Government to discriminate against U.S.-flagged vessels engaged in the binational Great Lakes trade. 488076 488076 NEW ICEBREAKERS: The U.S. Coast Guard continues to lack icebreaking resources to keep the Great Lakes Navigation System operating during the winter months. In addition to economic loss in the region, vessel operators have experienced groundings, propeller damage and hull fractures. Lake Carriers Association (LCA) hired a lobbying firm to help advocate for a new heavy domestic icebreaker for the Great Lakes, and to replace the fleet of domestic medium icebreakers operating on the Great Lakes. 293633 293633 TARRIFS: Multiple labor unions filed a section 301 complaint with the United States Trade Representative alleging foreign government interference in the shipbuilding market. Lake Carriers Association hired a lobbying firm to help navigate the 301 process and advocate for a level playing field in the binational Great Lakes shipping trade. 1410583 false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 5 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 22 22 false false false false true true false true true false false true false false true false false false OH X KATIE GUMENY 4403339995 25651 DETROIT RD102 WESTLAKE OH 44145 JAMES H WEAKLEY PRESIDENT 55.00 X 360765 0 0 ERIC D PEACE DIRECTOR-COMMUNICATIONS 45.00 X 163822 0 0 DEBRA S DICIANNA DIRECTOR-REGULATORY AFFAIRS 45.00 X 129983 0 0 654570 0 0 3 false true false K L GATES LLP 1601 K STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20006 LEGAL SERVICES 1071128 1 621811 621811 Canadian Ballast Water 488300 628874 0 0 New Icebreakers 488300 488076 0 0 Tariffs 488300 293633 0 0 1410583 39 39 0 2032433 1410583 39 0 654570 0 0 0 46881 0 0 0 73937 0 0 0 36891 0 0 0 45887 0 0 0 1344937 0 0 0 9294 0 0 0 10840 0 0 0 22783 0 0 0 42256 0 0 0 60134 0 0 0 6191 0 0 0 110885 0 0 0 944 0 0 0 3922 0 0 0 CURENT METER STUDY 22585 0 0 0 2492937 0 0 0 583359 272542 110727 0 3368 3368 9802 9201 1545 601 698999 276511 125477 163493 125477 163493 X 573522 113018 573522 113018 698999 276511 -460504 X true X false true false true false false 9802 9201 601 601 false false false JAMES H WEAKLEY 360765 0 0 0 0 0 28763 0 0 0 389528 0 0 0 ERIC D PEACE 163822 0 0 0 0 0 13104 0 0 0 176926 0 0 0 Pt VI, Line 6 THE ORGANIZATION IS COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY 13 MEMBER Pt VI, Line 6 COMPANIES REPRESENTING PRIMARILY SHIPPING VESSEL OWNERS Pt VI, Line 6 AND OPERATORS ON THE GREAT LAKES. Pt VI, Line 7a THE ORGANIZATIONS MEMBERS CAN ELECT A PERSON TO THEIR GOVERNING BODY. Pt VI, Line 11b THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A COPY OF FORM 990 FOR REVIEW Pt VI, Line 11b TO THE MEMBERS OF ITS FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ITS OFFICERS Pt VI, Line 11b BEFORE FILING THE FORM.