With the arrival of spring, the season for shipping on the Great Lakes typically begins.The event coincides with the opening ...

Great Lakes shipping season will open Friday when the Poe Lock in Michigan opens. Ships will soon be on the move to and from ...

The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off this week when the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and reopen early ...

See the new exhibit on the Great Lakes and explore the historic Mather’s cargo holds, pilot house, guest quarters, and engine ...

“Opening the Soo Locks on March 21 will provide relief to the increased pressure that the Great Lakes Navigation System will ...

transcript The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ... such as a schooner that sank in 1893 and was found last year, and a fleet of lumber ships that disappeared in 1914 and were discovered ...

The Soo Locks form a key passage for ships navigating the upper Great Lakes, enabling traffic to bypass the St. Mary’s Rapids and travel between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. More than 4,500 vessels ...

During the peak shipping season, the Great Lakes region has well over 100 bulk carrier, self-unloading, straight-deck ...

Octantis ties with its twin, the Viking Polaris, for the largest cruise ship on the Great Lakes. However, they are several hundred feet smaller than many freighters on the lakes, which can exceed ...

There are 13 1,000-footers on the Great Lakes. The largest ship that passes through the Soo Locks is the Paul R. Tregurtha at 1,013 feet, 6 inches, which is larger than three football fields.