Originally called the Prairie Harvest, ship recently decommissioned by Canada Steamship Lines; vessel rammed into pier at Soo Locks in July 2020, making headlines ...

Originally called the Prairie Harvest, ship recently decommissioned by Canada Steamship Lines; vessel rammed into pier at Soo ...

In May 1953, a Great Lakes freighter set out on what should have been a normal trip, but winds and waves from a sudden gale ...

ESCANABA — (Recently), a Canadian freighter accompanied by an icebreaking tug chugged into Little Bay de Noc and delivered a massive load of salt to an Escanaba dock. The buzz about the impending ...

To prevent further spread of potentially catastrophic invasive species in the Great Lakes, the Canadian government is moving forward with tighter restrictions on all freighters. But standards ...

The Sam Laud and a commercial tugboat were freed Thursday after becoming stuck in thick ice on Lake Erie during a difficult ...

The 2025 to 2026 maritime shipping season was an especially difficult one for the Port of Duluth-Superior. Total waterbourne tonnage declined 14.6% to 25.3 million tons, which is 16% below the ...

Coast Guard frees 1,004-foot ship from Lake Erie ice. Coast Guard set to activate Erie Islands regulated navigation area.

The Benjamin Noble was a Great Lakes freighter that disappeared on Lake Superior in 1914 during a brutal storm. It sent distress signals, then went silent, vanishing into the lake without leaving ...

LANSING— Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday released Michigan’s first-ever Michigan Maritime Strategy, a 10-year plan intended ...

Lakeside walks, shipwreck-country vibes, and a budget-friendly pace that makes “starting over somewhere pretty” feel ...

Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the Michigan Maritime Strategy, a first-of-its-kind, 10-year-plan designed to unlock economic growth and create good-paying jobs across Michigan’s ...