A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Successful management of the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway is a complex enterprise, involving close collaboration between the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards. A long-standing cooperative ice ...

Kayakers on Wisconsin’s Lake Superior coastline rely on data collected by buoys operated by the National Oceanic and ...

Freighters in the Great Lakes often encounter surface ice in ... arrived on the scene Saturday. The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Samuel Risley is also on-scene conducting ice breaking operations ...

According to the Coast Guard, it requested assistance from the Canadian Coast Guard to conduct ice-breaking on the Great Lakes through “Operation Coal Shovel.” Canadian Coast Guard Ship Samuel ...

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on ... said Paul Angelillo, a search and rescue specialist with the Coast Guard in Buffalo. Great Lakes freighters typically are able to navigate surface ...

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.

LAKE ERIE - A day after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter arrived to break a cargo-hauling freighter free from the snow and ice that encased it, the 663-foot Manitoulin remained stuck late Friday.

The Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise (GLCOE) recently announced nine studies related to oil spills that will be carried out in 2025.

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes ... the Canadian freighter Manitoulin became stuck near Buffalo, New York, and U.S. Coast Guard ...