ice breaker

Operation Coal Shovel is done jointly with the Canadian Coast Guard. It extends from southern Lake Huron through the Detroit River channel, all the way through Lake Ontario, and up to the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Even though the Great Lakes ice breaking season has ended, some members of congress are continuing to push for funding of a new heavy ice breaker on the Great Lakes. They say it would reduce shipping delays during the winter months.

Nobody is thinking about frozen lakes this time of year, but we will be soon enough. We’ve just had two of the harshest and coldest winters in decades.Two…

MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says one of its ice-breakers sustained significant damage in a collision with a freighter in the Straits…