Highland sailor Bob Baxter sailed the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes for half a century. People told him he should ...

U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.

The Ports of Indiana shipped 13 million tons of cargo last year, the second highest tonnage in its history.

The Port of Duluth-Superior is located in Minnesota, on the westernmost tip of Lake Superior – the largest freshwater lake in ...

A recent study by the consulting firm Martin Associates underscores the critical role of marine shipping in North America.

Although closed to marine traffic during the winter, the St. Lawrence Seaway remains a hub of activity as extensive Winter ...

One Severance season 2 episode opens with a mysterious character whistling a specific tune. Here's the song, and how it may ...

Abdullatif Ahmed was just 23 years old when he first stepped foot on the Medusa Challenger, a 1906-built Great Lakes bulk freighter ... such as the Ford Motor Company, which owned iron ore and ...

The own- erns operate these ships for carrying their own coal to their various docks in the lake cities and towns of the Northwest, bringing back iron ore and grain. The Messers. Reiss ...

The ore dock, with 200 pockets that each can hold 250 tons of ore, served as a means to transport the river of iron ore that flowed ... an ancient alliance of Great Lakes tribes, the Potawatomi ...

The Rust Belt became an industrial hub due to its proximity to the Great Lakes, canals ... that were found in the area—namely coal and iron ore—led to its prosperity, along with labor and ...

THE DOOR COUNTY MARITIME MUSEUM Tom Wenstadt, contributor The M/V (merchant vessel) Stewart J. Cort arrived at the ...