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 ...

Winter storms on the Great Lakes have a habit of briefly giving things back. Here's how winter weather plays a part.

HOUGHTON — Members of the Great Lakes Smart Ships Coalition are conducting follow-up mapping and archaeological exploration in Lake Superior this week, aiming to find the wreckage of a plane that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michigan’s shoreline towns will welcome thousands of visitors who step off luxury Great Lakes cruise ships in 2026. Who are they? “Cruise passengers are generally retirees with disposable income who ...

Michigan’s cruising season is underway. The 665-foot Viking Octantis got things started on Friday when it docked in Detroit. On Saturday, the ship anchored in Thunder Bay and passengers climbed aboard ...

Crew members were removed from several Great Lakes cruise ships, including Victory Cruise Lines' Victory I and Victory II. U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed an ongoing operation but did not ...

Contributor Jackie Sheckler Finch sails on Victory II, one of the growing number of Great Lakes Cruises wooing travelers. John Waggoner felt too young to retire. So, when he saw that two of the ships ...

Right now Pearl Seass has *** ship docked right next to Discovery World. 12 new Zoe Henry got *** steak peek on board today. Instead of exploring the big blue ocean, each cruise season, thousands ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A new cruise line is coming to the Great Lakes, and this one will start and end sailings in Cleveland, adding an economic boost to the city. American Cruise Lines, known for its U.S.