STURGEON BAY (WLUK) -- With the arrival of spring, the season for shipping on the Great Lakes typically begins. The event coincides with the opening of the Soo Locks on Lake Superior in Michigan's ...

The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season will kick off four days earlier than expected. That’s because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to open the Soo Locks to shipping traffic on the morning ...

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. – The Poe Lock, and part of the Soo Locks, in Sault Ste. Marie will be opened early to all marine traffic by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District on March 21 at 8 ...

The steamer Alpena on Lake Michigan, July 29, 2023. Alpena was sidelined for six months at the beginning of the 2025 season ...

The Great Lakes shipping season is kicking off this week as the the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie reopen early, marking the start of the 2025 season. The Poe Lock will open at 8 a.m. Friday, U.S. Army ...

Northwest Indiana steel mills rely on Great Lakes freighters to bring the iron ore that's burned in blast furnaces to make iron. The Port of Indiana Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan and Port of Chicago ...

Great Lakes shipping is down slightly through the end of May as compared to the same time last year. Ships have hauled 7.97 million tons of cargo on the Great Lakes and through the St. Lawrence Seaway ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard crews kept up their battle Monday to clear pathways for vessels hauling vital raw materials on the ice-clogged Great Lakes, where a shipping logjam ...

The Great Lakes Central line runs through Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties along with others in Northern Michigan.