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The steamer WIlfred Sykes was upbound at the Soo Thursday afternoon bound for Fraser Shipyards at Superior, WI. She will go on the drydock for inspection after a possible grounding earlier this week while docking at Drummond Island.

CLEVELAND – Shipments of iron ore from U.S. Great Lakes ports increased 8.4 percent from May 2025 to 5.4 million tons. Shipments were also 4.7 percent above the month’s 5-year average.

Year-to-date, the iron ore trade st...

Monroe, MI:  American Century departed for Duluth. Toledo, OH:  Baie Comeau loaded coal at CSX then left for Nanticoke. Polsteam Weltyn is at Midwest Terminals. Samuel deChamplain/Innovation departed for Alpena. Albert/Margaret is anchored in Lake Erie. Marblehead, OH:  Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder departed for Cleveland. Sandusky, OH:  Defiance/Ashtabula arrived t...

Monroe, MI:  American Century unloaded coal at DTE. Toledo, OH:  Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader departed for Drummond Island. Manitoulin unloaded at The Andersons and left for Hamilton. Polsteam Weltyn is at Midwest Terminals. Marblehead, OH:  Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder Sandusky, OH:  Herbert C. Jackson loaded coal at Norfolk Southern and departed for De...

CLEVELAND, OH – The Puerto Rico, the last of 10 new Damen tugs built at the Great Lakes Shipyard in Cleveland, OH, for the Great Lakes Towing Co. was recently christened at the Collision Bend Brewery on the Cuyahoga River. The vessel was christened by