After spending the winter in Buffalo, the lake freighter American Mariner was delayed leaving Buffalo Monday. It attempted to ...

Less than one week into the shipping season – the Soo Locks opened on March 21 – the Boat Nerd map shows dozens of freighters ...

Buffalo may not have the shipping industry that it once had, but one can still find the occasional freighter loading and unloading down by the towering grain elevators. The Courtney Burton paid a ...

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

The Western Reserve, an all-steel freighter that sank in 1892, has been found in Lake Superior. The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank.

One of the first ever lake propeller-driven lake freighters made entirely of steel plate, she was built for financier and shipping magnate Peter G. Minch's Minch Transportation Company.

A freighter in Lake Superior hit something underwater on Saturday and started taking on water, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — A freighter in Lake Superior hit ...

Lake freighters like the American Century, Indiana Harbor, Burns Harbor, Joseph L. Block, American Integrity, Mesabi Miner and Arthur M. Anderson also deliver raw materials like iron ore to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards on Saturday continued efforts to break up ice and free a freighter ...

DULUTH — The Western Reserve, a mammoth and nearly new steam freighter, was en route to Two Harbors in August 1892 when it split in half during a storm and quickly sank to the depths of Lake ...