CLEVELAND, Ohio — A large freighter and a commercial tug were freed Thursday after becoming stuck in thick ice on Lake Erie ...

U .S. Coast Guard cutters Mackinaw (WLBB 30) and Neah Bay (WTGB 105) conducted ice-breaking operations on the Great Lakes Jan. 21, freeing and escorting commercial vessels beset by heavy ice. The ...

Freighter remains stuck in Lake Erie ice as crews rush to free vessel with 17 aboard - There are 17 people stuck on the vessel ...

January, it's not long before the Great Lakes' largest ships dock for the season. Here's where to find them until March.

The M/V Herbert C. Jackson made her final trip through the Soo Locks for the 2025/2026 shipping season January 13.

“A weathered hardhat, a pair of line-worn gloves, paint speckled boots and a discharge. That’s a wrap for the season. It was ...

A timelapse video posted to social media shows a Great Lakes freighter make its final transit of the season through the. In the 30-second video above, the M/V Herbert C. Jackson can be seen “gliding ...

On this episode of Great Lakes Now: It’s been 50 years since a freighter sank in the Great Lakes, but in June 2024, one ship came dangerously close. For one crew member, the experience was life ...

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.