The Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise (GLCOE) recently announced nine studies related to oil spills that will be carried out in 2025.

There also have been other ice rescue calls handled by Coast Guard boat crews, the Great Lakes public information office related. "No ice is safe ice," the Coast Guard said. Paula Wethington is a ...

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes ... the Canadian freighter Manitoulin became stuck near Buffalo, New York, and U.S. Coast Guard ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two Michigan anglers are safe thanks to a quick response from the U.S. Coast Guard. The USCG Great Lakes sector shared video of the rescue on social media Monday ...

Freighters in the Great Lakes often encounter surface ice in ... arrived on the scene Saturday. The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Samuel Risley is also on-scene conducting ice breaking operations ...

The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods for the Great Lakes.

LAKE ERIE - A day after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter arrived to break a cargo-hauling freighter free from the snow and ice that encased it, the 663-foot Manitoulin remained stuck late Friday.

But there are some ships that still move around on the Great Lakes, and they couldn't do it without help from the Canadian Coast Guard. The ship's captain, Stacey Trombley, explains how it all works.

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on ... said Paul Angelillo, a search and rescue specialist with the Coast Guard in Buffalo. Great Lakes freighters typically are able to navigate surface ...

A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, ...