Residents and visitors to Manitowoc are likely familiar with the concrete tower at the harbor entrance across from the Wisconsin Maritime Museum. This marine tower functions as a docking station for ...

A helicopter from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City visited the M/V James R. Barker as it traversed the Great Lake.

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 ...

This story takes us to the waterways of the Great Lakes, which are the workplace of ship pilots. They navigate foreign freighters through local waterways. And they say they should be getting paid more ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. As the boat pushes from the Detroit River seawall, Captain ...

Interlake Steamship Co. has named one of its big Great Lakes freighters after former U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar. The Hon. James L. Oberstar, believed to be the first laker named after a U.S. legislator, ...

Lake Superior was calm, and the Michipicoten was plying deep waters June 8 when the ship's crew heard a loud bang. The 698-foot freighter suddenly began taking on water near Isle Royale. The ...

U.S. flagged Great Lakes freighters moved 11.3 million tons of cargo in October, up a hefty 14.7 percent from 2013 and nearly 20 percent for the long-term October average. The Lakes Carrier’s ...

STURGEON BAY - Maritime history had its first day of work Wednesday. The M/V Mark W. Barker, the first U.S.-flagged, Great Lakes freighter to be built on the lakes in almost 40 years, set off on its ...

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 chipmunk stows away on a Great Lakes freighter in a newly-released children’s book, “Oskar’s Voyage.” The author, Laurie Purdie Salas, joined the crew of the Paul R. Tregurtha for a voyage that ...