With the arrival of spring, the season for shipping on the Great Lakes typically begins.The event coincides with the opening ...

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

As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water. The storm battered it until it ...

The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but ...

Wind is whipping across the water in London’s Canada Dock and Asif Khan is telling me, with great enthusiasm ... slave trade. The dry dock was once the place where slave ships were repaired ...

It set a number of cargo hauling records in the late 1800s and gained a reputation as one of the safest ships sailing the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society says Capt.

This image provided by Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society shows the broken mast from the Western Reserve, a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1892 off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

In August that year, Minch took his family aboard the ship for a cruise through the Great Lakes to escape the summer heat. Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is ...

It was one of the Great Lakes’ first all-steel vessels. “(She was) built to break cargo shipping records and was deemed one of the safest ships afloat,” the GLSHS said in its announcement.

As part of the project, the 220,000-ton ship will debut several enhancements, including new dining venues and bars, an upgraded pool deck and refreshed family-friendly spaces. Upon completing its ...