icebreaker

With the Great Lakes shipping season underway, the U.S. Coast Guard says it's capable of helping ships navigate icy waters despite being short a couple of icebreaking vessels.

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.

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…