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Port of Milwaukee Redevelopment Plan The Milwaukee Department of City Development uploaded its Aug. 16 draft Port of Milwaukee Redevelopment Plan on Aug. 19. The...
Great Lakes July iron ore shipments up 72 percent Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 6 million net tons in July, a 72 percent increase over July 2009’s 3.47...
Muskegon leaders view port development from a new perspective: Milwaukee MILWAUKEE -- Community leaders working on Muskegon port development learned this week that a unified effort and strong...
Port of Milwaukee receives award for increasing international tonnage in 2009 The Port of Milwaukee posted significant increases in international cargo over the 2009 navigation season, earning it the...
Coal shipments up Coal shipments on the Great Lakes totaled nearly 4.1 million net tons in July. That was an increase of 5.7 percent over June...
Cargo shipments on the rise on Great Lakes U.S.-flag ships on the Great Lakes saw a 5 percent increase in cargo in June compared with May and a 39 percent increase in...
Muskegon officials' plans navigate a balance between beautiful shoreline and commercial shipping MUSKEGON, MI - Decades ago, Muskegon Lake was on the brink of environmental disaster. Heavy industrial use left its waters...
Port authority improves docks to draw cargo The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Thursday accepted a Broadview Heights, Ohio, company's $3.15 million bid to...
No carp hit surface, so no problem? With no carp found during the most recent poisoning of the Little Calumet River near Chicago, Illinois barge and tour boat...
Great Lakes shipping traffic is up Great Lakes traffic is up dramatically this year. U.S.-flagged lake carriers are reported to have transported 50 percent...
National sail conference registration opens Sail America opened registration for its 2010 Sailing Industry Conference, set for June 14-16 at St. John's College in...
Seaway reports increase in shipping After a horrible year for the marine shipping industry, customers are coming back to the St. Lawrence Seaway — a sign...
Captains say they’ll bolt if Lift Bridge changes are approved Capt. Barry LeBlanc has been operating a charter fishing service out of Duluth’s Minnesota Slip for 11 years now and...
Iron ore shipments soar on Great Lakes Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes are soaring as the U.S. steel industry begins to rebound. During March, 2.16...
Shipping booms by 2 million tons on Great Lakes Those dock owners weren't kidding when they talked about increased shipping on the Saginaw River and Great Lakes this...
Study: Closing Chicago locks would cost billions Closing shipping locks in Chicago waterways to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes would cost the area economy...
Welland Canal shipping resumes Algoma Central Corp. and St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. share a long history together. And for that history to...
St. Clair River jammed again Ice icebreakers were busy Monday clearing thick Lake Huron ice blown into the St. Clair River by north winds. Freighters...
Seaway chief: opening date up to us The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. likely won't involve the public in its process for choosing opening and...
What Would the Niagara River Look Like Without an Ice Boom? As my dog and I walked on Squaw Island on a chilly afternoon last month, I was able to get an up close look at the Niagara...
Soo Locks 2010 shipping season will open early this year On March 21, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open the Poe Lock, part of the Soo Locks, in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., at...
Muskegon port resilient despite drops elsewhere in Michigan Great Lakes shipping activity through the Muskegon channel dropped in 2009, but not as much as in many other ports. A recent...
Cuyahoga County Port Authority board needs to be smaller and focused on maritime issues: editorial It's time to overhaul the board that runs the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority. Most of the port's current...
Asian carp fight may close Chicago river More than a million people each spring and summer pause to admire Chicago's architectural wonders and learn the history...
Stopping carp can save Great Lakes industries and increase jobs Week after week, more alarming DNA evidence indicates the presence of invasive Asian carp in the Chicago waterway system and...
L.B. Foster Awarded $3.7 Million Ports of Indiana Contract L.B. Foster Company , headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, is providing steel sheet piling for improvements to the Ports of...
Dredging dispute threatens shipping in Green Bay harbor An impasse involving federal and state governmental agencies has put at risk the shipping business in the Green Bay harbor....
Biologists say Great Lakes still at risk despite ballast flushing The Canadian and U.S. operators of the St. Lawrence Seaway have begun requiring freighters to flush their ship-steadying...
Court tosses industry's suit over N.Y. ballast rules A New York state appellate court has tossed out a challenge by the shipping industry over the state's ballast water...
Port of Milwaukee plans improvements for 2010 While many of the ports in the Great Lakes saw their traffic volumes fall between 15 to 30 percent last year during the...
New owner of Erie shipyard promises growth With anxiety about jobs dominating the national conversation, we're pleased to report a healthy development in the local...
Good start to New Year at Duluth-Superior port Duluth-Superior port officials say the New Year is starting better than the old. Adolph Ojard (oh'-zhard) of the Duluth...
Great Lakes iron ore numbers lowest since Great Depression Some depressing numbers, shades of the Great Depression, released today about the 2009 Great Lakes iron ore cargo. At 31-...
Great Lakes shipping at low tide The recession hit Great Lakes shipping so hard in 2009 that some tankers never left their home berths, a shipping trade...
Carp Mania It sounds like one of those old Hollywood thrillers -- "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" or "Invasion of the Body...
Wisconsin joins legal battle to stop spread of giant carp Wisconsin has entered the multi-state battle against Illinois and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop an Asian carp...
Docked freighter draws spectators Blue Water Area residents are getting an unusual opportunity to get a close view of a large lake freighter. The Algosea,...
St. Lawrence Seaway Faces Slow Climb Back The St. Lawrence Seaway’s 50th anniversary celebrations this year were overshadowed by one of the worst years for...
Great Lakes steamships get a break -->The federal government is getting tougher on air emissions from large commercial vessels, but 13 U.S.-flagged...
Seafaring traffic nearly done for the season on the Great Lakes The last ocean-going ship of the season left the Duluth-Superior port this week, marking the end of a tough season for the...
Freight traffic wanes The number of freighters motoring past the Blue Water Area fell off this shipping season, and the reasons provide a snapshot...
N.Y. canal system sees boost in traffic Reinventing itself, the New York state canal system experienced an upswing this year, producing a one-year turnaround from...
Five more lakers activated for late season shipping boost After being laid-up by a slow economy, five U.S.-flagged lakers have been pressed back into service on the Great Lakes....
Grounded ship draws crowds along St. Lawrence Hundreds of curious onlookers have been gathering on the shore of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Ontario to watch...
Oceangoing vessels face tougher DNR rules The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will start requiring all ships coming into Green Bay and other state ports...
Port of Green Bay 'doing fine' after slow start to season Aside from the first two months of the shipping season, when nothing was moving because of the economic downturn, the port...
Port Authority holds 2 closed meetings after staffers quit, investigation report The Cleveland-Cuyahoga Port Authority's board of directors met behind closed doors for more than two hours Sunday...
Deal struck on Great Lakes ship pollution Congressional negotiators reached a deal Tuesday that would effectively exempt 13 ships that haul iron ore, coal and other...
EPA proposal to cut Great Lakes ship emissions stirs the waters A horn blasts, seagulls screech and tourists clap as the longest ship in the Great Lakes, the 308-meter Paul R. Tregurtha...
Strange Bedfellows Fighting EPA Regulations for Great Lakes Freighters Great Lakes freighters are not pretty boats, stubby and slab-sided, and travel from mines to mills unnoticed except when...