Lower‑than‑average Great Lakes water levels are forcing freighters to watch loads even as cruise lines forecast record passenger growth.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: This story has been updated to include the latest information made available by the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes escorted a freighter through Lake ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the Soo Locks closed until March, Great Lakes freighters are quickly heading to port for winter maintenance at harbors from ...

The U.S. Coast Guard based in Traverse City airlifted a person from a freighter in Lake Superior on Monday. See the rescue in the video below Video: Coast Guard crews rescue person suffering medical ...

In November 1909, the freighter Mataafa left Duluth during a late-season storm that quickly intensified over Lake Superior. As 60 mph winds and heavy seas built, the 430-foot vessel attempted to ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald turned heads when she was launched in Detroit in 1958. The ship was longer and could carry more taconite than any other Great Lakes freighter, and it boasted plush quarters ...