Lake Huron Shipping News & Freighter Reports

A Monday morning queue at three chokepoints at once, and one American vessel running the whole gauntlet in daylight.

A downbound laker and an upbound Canadian freighter share the St. Clair at sunrise, both logged at 05:24 Sunday.

An expedition cruise ship and two American flaggers climbed the same corridor before sunrise, in that order.

Chris Izworski, reporting from Bay City for the Great Lakes Gazette, turns to a significant warship movement this week: the USS Cleveland (LCS-31), a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was downbound at Port...

Chris Izworski, reporting from Bay City for the Great Lakes Gazette, notes that the season is officially underway on northern Lake Huron: the ferry *Chi-Cheemaun* has departed its winter berth in Owen Sound...

Chris Izworski, reporting from Bay City for the Great Lakes Gazette, watched this past Sunday as the cement-carrying barge Integrity and her tug G.L. Ostrander pushed into the Saginaw River, the first vessel...

Chris Izworski, reporting from Bay City for the Great Lakes Gazette, turns to disruptions at the start of the 2026 navigation season: the seasonal Lake Huron carferry *Kristen D* faces a delayed launch from...