The crew of a scientific research vessel discovered a strange black goo clinging to their ship. Perplexed, they send a sample ...

It’s been 50 years since a freighter sank in the Great Lakes. But in the summer of 2024, one freighter came dangerously close ...

On this episode of Great Lakes Now: It’s been 50 years since a freighter sank in the Great Lakes, but in June 2024, one ship came dangerously close. For one crew member, the experience was life ...

If this seems excessive, well, you're not the chief cook on a Great Lakes freighter. Meader runs the galley on the Paul R. Tregurtha, the longest ship on the lakes.

The Manitoulin, a 663-foot (202-meter) Canadian vessel with 17 people on board, got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter from Cleveland heled free the freighter.

It will be at least another day mired about a mile off shore from Buffalo for the crew of the Great Lakes freighter Manitoulin.

In this episode of Great Lakes Now, delivering mail to Great Lakes freighters, a day in the life of a freighter pilot, and feeding the crew of a thousand-foot freighter. 10/25/2024 ...

The package freighter steamboat SS Eber Ward operated in the Great Lakes, launching in 1888, before it sank in the Straights of Mackinac in 1909.

A chipmunk stows away on a Great Lakes freighter in a newly-released children’s book, “Oskar’s Voyage.” The author, Laurie Purdie Salas, joined the crew of the Paul R. Tregurtha for a ...

A 72-year-old Great Lakes freighter has anchored safely in Thunder Bay, Ontario following a flooding incident in Lake Superior.At around 7 a.m.

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (FOX 21 DULUTH) -- The U.S. coast Guard Great Lakes says a freighter in Lake Superior struck something underwater, causing water to come onboard the ship, and leading to the ...

Longer than three football fields, freighters ply the Great Lakes hauling iron ore, coal, stone and a crew of hard-working men who consider the skill of the cook before signing up for duty. Hidden ...