Built in 1953, the Badger was the last and largest – along with its sister ship the S.S. Spartan – coal-fired, steam engine ...

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

A partnership that sprouted from the soybean commodity in Michigan has blossomed into an alliance that has the potential to boost trade on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Great Lakes Sustainable Shipping ...

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

Viking Octantis made its Great Lakes debut in 2022 and was joined by its identical sister, Viking Polaris, in 2023.

The Great Lakes shipping season returns this week - and there's more than one way to watch the Soo Locks open for the first time this year. Here's how: ...

On March 6, Watco Railroad Company Holdings, Inc. announced plans to acquire ownership of Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC), ...

The AuSable River Queen, a paddlewheel boat that provided tours along the AuSable River west of Oscoda, sank in the river ...

Two ships were still on fire in the North Sea on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) after a cargo vessel slammed into a tanker carrying flammable jet fuel, with the U.K. government ruling out foul play.

LONDON — British police on Tuesday arrested the captain of a cargo ship on suspicion of manslaughter as they searched for answers about why it hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Demonstrators were out in Saginaw Tuesday, March 11, taking part in a “Fight for Democracy” protest. They fear the Trump administration could go after programs like ...