Video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows Bristol Bay breaking ice near Manitoulin, a freighter stuck in Lake Erie off the Buffalo shoreline.

The freighter vessel was delivering rock salt to the Buffalo waterfront before it got stuck in a field of Lake Erie ice.

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(Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP) The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, left, breaks ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by ...

The Coast Guard suspended ice-cutting operations for the night after making some progress and moving the ship slightly Thursday evening.

An ice-cutting barge, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, was dispatched earlier today to help free the freighter from the snow and ice field. Coast Guard officials said ice-breaking measures ...

It’s unclear how long it might take to cut the Canadian freighter Manitoulin out of the Lake Erie ice, which is thick this year.

Operation Coal Shovel started Tuesday, and involves U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay along with U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Morro Bay working in the upper Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River areas.

The lake freighter Manitoulin is immobilized by thick ice in Lake Erie outside the Buffalo River breakwall as it awaits the arrival of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay which is en route from ...

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