Shipping season is underway on the Great Lakes; and while nearly everyone is familiar with the dangers if "the gales of November come early," sailors know just as well how dangerous early season ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean gave ...

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 ...

The aging Soo Locks and other problematic hot spots along the Great Lakes navigational channels got a major investment of political capital on Friday. In a letter, U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al ...

From the electrification of major cargo ports to sustainability improvements for Great Lakes ferries, a first-of-its-kind statewide “maritime strategy” could offer a roadmap toward a potential green ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald still sits at the bottom of Lake Superior, submerged in 535 feet of water, about 17 miles ...

A German shipping company that owns the Cornelia, a freighter detained for six weeks in Duluth last winter, has been indicted for disposing oil-contaminated waste into the Great Lakes. On Wednesday, ...

From summertime beach fun to the famous brewing company, the Great Lakes have made a name for themselves in a variety of ways. However, not everyone pictures its long history in trading and shipping, ...

While they support bolstering the U.S. shipbuilding industry, officials warned millions of dollars in fees each time a Chinese-built ship stops at a U.S. port would threaten Great Lakes shipping. Seen ...

The Great Lakes have a rich history of ghost stories and maritime lore. Lake Superior's "Shipwreck Coast" is known for numerous shipwrecks and ghost ship sightings. The SS Bannockburn, a vanished ...

(CBS DETROIT) — Anchored in downtown Detroit, cruise ships are docking at the Port of Detroit in numbers many haven't seen since the mid-60s. Viking Octantis dropped off more than 375 passengers on ...