In November 1913, the SS Henry B. Smith sailed into one of the most powerful storms ever recorded on the Great Lakes. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The massive freighters that ply the Great Lakes are back at work following the early reopening of the Soo Locks for the 2025-26 ...

With the Soo Locks closed until March, Great Lakes freighters are quickly heading to port for winter maintenance at harbors from Minnesota to New York. Just a few of the bulk carriers are still moving ...

A ship built 16 years before the ill-fated SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in 1975, still navigates the waters of the Great Lakes transporting cargo. The SS Alpena, launched in 1942 under the name SS ...

The Iosco was a wooden freighter hauling iron ore and towing the schooner barge Olive Jeanette when a sudden, ferocious storm ...

On this episode of Great Lakes Now: It’s been 50 years since a freighter sank in the Great Lakes, but in June 2024, one ship came dangerously close. For one crew member, the experience was life ...

Great Lakes freighters and their crews don’t get the day off for holidays. “When sailing the (Great) Lakes, our mariners work every day to keep commerce flowing to the industrial and manufacturing ...

“A weathered hardhat, a pair of line-worn gloves, paint speckled boots and a discharge. That’s a wrap for the season. It was a privilege to work alongside some of the best professionals on the lakes ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A large freighter and a commercial tug were freed Thursday after becoming stuck in thick ice on Lake Erie near Fairport Harbor during a difficult trip toward its winter berth. The ...

The crew on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw is making sure essential shipments continue on the Great Lakes.

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.