Stricter ballast rules on freighters demanded to protect Great Lakes from invasive species

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 ...

Coast Guard battles winter ice on Great Lakes

CLEVELAND — U.S. Coast Guard ships worked in icy waters on the Great Lakes on Jan. 21 to help large cargo boats that were ...
The Times Herald

Great Lakes shipping season is over. Where did all the 'lakers' go?

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

With western port backups, ships are getting cargo to the U.S. via the Great Lakes

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MLive

First ocean-class ship to sink in Great Lakes collided with another vessel in heavy fog

ALPENA, MI – Advanced navigational equipment didn’t prevent this ocean-going freighter from colliding with another ship and sinking into Lake Huron in 1959. Liberian-registered Monrovia sank on June ...
Big Old Boats on MSN

A freighter sent an SOS in a storm - then it was gone forever

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 tore its hatch covers open and flooded the hold, leaving the vessel at the ...
MLive

Video: Freighter glides through icy Soo Locks ‘like a true Great Lakes legend’

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – A timelapse video posted to social media shows a Great Lakes freighter make its final transit of the season through the Soo Locks. In the 30-second video above, the M/V Herbert ...