While ice is starting to close in on the Great Lakes, the Soo Locks remain open for a few more days. When the season ends.

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - Michigan’s famous Soo Locks has set its closing date ahead of its annual winter maintenance work. And ...

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 ...

To date, the Great Lakes as a whole are just shy of 15% ice coverage, up from the 10% average for this time of year.

The quick onset of wintery conditions has forced the USCG and the CCG to prioritize the use of their icebreaker ships for the ...

Shippers of taconite from the iron range to the north have until Jan. 15 to get shipments throught the Soo Locks that allow ...

The massive freighters that ply the Great Lakes are back at work following the early reopening of the Soo Locks for the 2025-26 season, and they're doing it all under the watchful eyes of webcams that ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (WLUC) - A new season of shipping on the Great Lakes is underway. That means you’ll soon see those ...

Operation Coal Shovel starts Jan. 2 to ensure safe navigation, supply access and emergency response across Great Lakes waterways.

Whitefish Point at the Upper Peninsula’s northeastern tip is a notoriously challenging area for ship captains navigating Lake Superior. It’s where they decide whether conditions are a “go” or “no go” ...