Icy conditions proved problematic for a bulk freighter on the St. Clair River near Harsens Island on Tuesday before two ice cutters and the Coast Guard helped it on its way. The freighter, the Herbert ...

Despite operating one of the largest navies in the world, the United States has only two operational icebreakers - limiting ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued two parallel Requests for Information targeting a comprehensive modernization of its aging ...

WASHINGTON DC - Two Michigan members of Congress are asking President Donald Trump to send a recently obtained icebreaker ship to the Great Lakes. U.S. Reps. Tom Barrett, a Republican, and Hillary ...

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned to Seattle Saturday following a 144-day deployment to Antarctica. The deployment marks the ship's 26th journey to Antarctica as part of Operation ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Coast Guard shared an update Saturday on efforts to free the ice-bound ship stuck on Lake Erie since Wednesday. Several ice cutter ships are being used to break the ice ...

Importantly, the Polar Max project aligns with the aims of the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact), a trilateral ...

DULUTH, Minn. -- The new U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder has begun its icebreaking chores in the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior, Wis. The mission began Thursday with a long blast followed by three ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 660-foot vessel remains stuck in the ice in Lake Erie on Thursday night over 36 hours after it was first lodged there. The Canadian lake bulk carrier called the Manitoulin, which got ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 660-foot vessel remains stuck in the ice in Lake Erie on Thursday night over 36 hours after it was first lodged there. The Canadian lake bulk carrier called the Manitoulin, which got ...

Sault Ste. Marie — Heavy ice in the St. Mary’s River and portions of Lake Superior has slowed traffic through the Soo Locks in the weeks since the shipping season reopened late last month. As result, ...

DULUTH — Marshall School graduate Alexander Stewart talks like he’s got the best job in the world — and, for another day or so, it’s right in his hometown. “I’m coming into my sixth year working on ...