The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off this week when the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and reopen early ...

The Great Lakes shipping season gets underway early this week as the Soo Locks open Friday morning. How to watch the big ...

The Joseph L. Block is the first ship through the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for the 2024 season opening on ...

The Soo Locks Visitors Center Association shared an ... crews also will perform a wide range of other maintenance tasks from replacement of pier fender timbers to inspections and preventative ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The Soo Locks will open a few days early this season, kicking off the 2025 Great Lakes shipping season at 8 a.m. on Friday, March 21. Soo Locks Park will be open for spectators ...

Two years ago in 2023, Federal Dart set the record for earliest arrival, reaching the Twin Ports on March 28. The latest ...

(WLUC) - The Soo Locks will close to all marine traffic to ... a wide range of other maintenance tasks from replacement of pier fender timbers to inspections and preventative maintenance on ...

The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will open early for the second straight year, officials announced on Thursday. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Poe Lock, the largest lock in ...

The St. Lawrence Seaway is set to open for the season on March 22, which means oceangoing vessels headed to or from Lake Superior will not be delayed. The smaller MacArthur Lock will remain closed ...

Marie. “I'm very worried about that,” Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, said about sustained funding for the Soo Locks. “If the (bill) passes as it is, certainly there'll be many ...

The Poe Lock is the larger of the two Soo Locks in operation currently, allowing for freighters of up to 1,000 feet long. The shipping industry requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers open ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announced they will be opening up part of the Soo Locks early this year to kick off the 2025 Great Lakes shipping season. The Poe Lock in Sault Ste.