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

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

The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank. The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...

Although the Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior, estimates suggest there are more than 1,700 ships resting just in Lake Michigan.

This freighter lay undiscovered for 132 years until this past summer when a team with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society discovered the wreckage 600 feet down off the coast of Michigan ...

The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank. The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...

One of the first all-steel freighters on the Great Lakes, it was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. No one died in the Muir, although the captain's beloved dog was lost.

While it may not feel that cold in the Midwest right now, a recent winter left an icy mark on the Great Lakes well into spring. In early March 2014, 11 years ago this week, the visible satellite ...

The Great Lakes reached their highest ice coverage in three years on February 22, hitting 52.23%. However, a warming trend caused the ice coverage to plummet to 28.95% within a few days.

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail ...