Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents and visitors to Manitowoc are likely familiar with the concrete tower at the harbor entrance across from the Wisconsin ...

Freighters on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway lost propulsion, steering or electrical power more than 200 times between 2012 and May 2022 and crashed with stationary objects on the waterways ...

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 ...

ESSEXVILLE, MI – About a month ago, the oldest ship sailing on the Great Lakes made its way to the area, making a prolonged stop at Holcim Terminal in Essexville. Now, the Great Lakes’ youngest ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A man has reportedly died after a fall aboard one of the Great Lakes’ giant freighters. Erie News Now in Pennsylvania reports a 44-year-old man from Alabama died early ...

SAGINAW, MI – If their eyes were glued to the Saginaw River Sunday morning, April 21, Saginaw-area ship watchers might have caught a glimpse of a Great Lakes freighter that once appeared on the big ...

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 ...

A portion of the St. Marys River has been closed to vessel traffic after a U.S.-flagged Great Lakes freighter struck a channel light in the waterway. At approximately 1 a.m., the 730-foot bulk carrier ...