When it's winter in Chicago, even the river needs a plow. The city entrusts the experts at the Chicago Fire Department to ...

The 663-foot Manitoulin became stuck in ice that was rapidly forming in sub-zero temperatures off the Buffalo shoreline.

A lake freighter ship has begun to move after it got stuck in ice in the Lake Erie shoreline in the Buffalo River Wednesday morning. It first got stuck around 11:40 a.m. surrounded by a foot of ice.

The U.S. Coast Guard said that with ice forming, its fleet of icebreakers has begun working to keep shipping underway on the ...

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The freighter Herbert C. Jackson stuck in the St. Clair River, near Harsens Island, was freed by U.S. Coast Guard ice breakers Bristol Bay and Morro Bay ...

Two ice breakers, Morro Bay and Bristol Bay, made passes up and down the river, to the sides of the ship, breaking up the ice along the ship early Tuesday afternoon. Freezing temperatures have ...

An ice-cutting barge made its way to a vessel that was stuck in the ice on Lake Erie near Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Many people in Buffalo driving along Lake Erie on Thursday morning may have noticed a ...

The Michigan Maritime Museum is planning its own schedule of events as part of the 2025 Ice Breaker Festival in South Haven.