The massive freighters that ply the Great Lakes are back at work following the early reopening of the Soo Locks for the 2025-26 season, and they're doing it all under the watchful eyes of webcams that ...

ESSEXVILLE, MI – Boat nerds won’t be seeing any Great Lakes freighters traveling up the Saginaw River beyond the four bascule bridges of Bay City for the rest of the year, but that doesn’t mean ships ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It will be at least another day mired about a mile off shore from Buffalo for the crew of the Great Lakes freighter Manitoulin, which became stuck in ice after leaving the Queen City ...

Great Lakes freighters and their crews don’t get the day off for holidays. “When sailing the (Great) Lakes, our mariners work every day to keep commerce flowing to the industrial and manufacturing ...

The SS Alpena, built in 1942, is the oldest working freighter on the Great Lakes. The freighter, currently docked in Cleveland for repairs, has been operating since before the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot ...

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin freeing ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment ...