A buoy in the St. Marys River was dragged out of position by ice, leading to the closure of a section of the river corridor ...

Attorney General Dana Nessel has asked a federal appeals court to strike down federal rules that, she said, put the Great Lakes at risk of invasive species that damage the lakes’ ecosystem ...

DULUTH — The Trump administration’s new trade rules aimed at penalizing operators of Chinese-built ships and boosting domestic shipbuilding appear to have spared the Great Lakes shipping industry from ...

The Lake Michigan wreck of a cargo ship with close ties to Door County and Wisconsin that remained lost for 131 years until it was found in 2024 after a deliberate search is now on the National ...

ALPENA, MI – Advanced navigational equipment didn’t prevent this ocean-going freighter from colliding with another ship and sinking into Lake Huron in 1959. Liberian-registered Monrovia sank on June ...

The red-hulled Federal Katsura, a 190.44-meter-long bulk carrier ship flying a Marshall Islands flag, has been sitting out beyond the breakwater in Lake Michigan since shortly after it arrived on July ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Great Lakes cruising in 2026 is projected to deliver record growth, new itineraries and a major economic lift across the region. The season will be highlighted by the debut of ...

Experts say the Great Lakes can be more dangerous than the open ocean due to their volatile nature. Waves on the Great Lakes are steeper and closer together, causing choppy conditions and a rougher ...