Northwest Ohio’s Mike Capser and Tom Walton once worked aboard the “Toledo Express.” Their stories keep the Edmund Fitzgerald ...

The steamer Alpena on Lake Michigan, July 29, 2023. Alpena was sidelined for six months at the beginning of the 2025 season ...

Ask any Michigan child to name two famous shipwrecks and, chances are, they’ll say the Titanic and the Edmund Fitzgerald.

CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Department of Natural Resources gathers fish population data across the Great Lakes. Soon, the research center in Charlevoix will have a new and improved ...

Great Lakes shipments of limestone rose and iron ore fell in the month of May, according to latest figures published by industry trade group the Lake Carriers' Association (LCA). Shipments of ...

Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 4.3 million tons in November, a decrease of 4.7 percent from 2023. Shipments were below the month’s 5-year average by 3.5 percent. Year-to-date the ...

The mighty ship, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Our reporter spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter that survived the storm.

Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes remained strong in June, according to the Lake Carriers' Association. Loadings totaled 6.4 million net tons, an increase of 2.6 percent compared to both June 2007 ...

CEDARVILLE — The Great Lakes Boat Building School has rebranded as Marine Trades Institute amid efforts on the growth and expansion of educational programs training the next generation of marine ...