U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters (lakers) carried 71.3 million tons of cargo in 2025, an 8.9 percent decrease from a year ago ...

A comprehensive market study has been launched to examine how cargo movement can be expanded between the Great Lakes and the Inland Waterways system. The initiative brings together major port ...

The American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA), including members Ports of Indiana, the Illinois International Port ...

Together, the Great Lakes and inland waterways move close to 700 million tons of cargo each year, supporting critical ...

A group of Great Lakes ports and federal partners are launching a market study aimed at increasing cargo movements between the Great Lakes and the U.S. Inland Waterways system. The American Great Lake ...

ESCANABA — (Recently), a Canadian freighter accompanied by an icebreaking tug chugged into Little Bay de Noc and delivered a massive load of salt to an Escanaba dock. The buzz about the impending ...

The Sam Laud and a commercial tugboat were freed Thursday after becoming stuck in thick ice on Lake Erie during a difficult ...

U.S. Coast Guard ice-breaking cutters Mackinaw and Neah Bay worked Jan. 21, 2026, to free and assist large commercial vessels stuck in thick ice on Lake Huron and Lake Erie.

Typically, about a dozen Great Lakes freighters may gather at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay. Door County ...

With the Soo Locks closed until March, Great Lakes freighters are quickly heading to port for winter maintenance at harbors from Minnesota to New York. Just a few of the bulk carriers are still moving ...

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 ...

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- It's a race to the finish of the shipping season and the closure of the Soo Locks. The M/V Herbert C. Jackson made her final trip through the Soo Locks for the ...