Great Lakes freighter freed from Lake Erie ice

President Donald Trump is continuing his first-term focus on building a big, new American icebreaker fleet. Days after his ...
The U.S. Coast Guard has requested assistance from the Canadian Coast Guard. CCGS Samuel Risley, a 229-foot icebreaker, is on ...
Freighters in the Great Lakes often encounter surface ice in ... officials said a second ship arrived to help free the freighter. The Canadian Coast Guard also had a ship assisting with the ...
The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods for the Great Lakes.
Scientists in northwest Ontario say they made a breakthrough in the search for a tool to identify the boundaries of ...
Canadian and American coast guards used three vessels to break ice around Lower Lakes Towing Ltd.‘s 202-metre-long bulk ...
Ice coverage for all of the Great Lakes combined was 23.21% – the highest since February 26, 2022, when it was 56.1%. At the ...
the U.S. Coast Guard reported Monday it has started ice breaking operations to keep commercial shipping lanes open elsewhere on the Great Lakes. Areas targeted include western Lake Superior ...