SAULT STE. MARIE — The opening of the Soo Locks each year is a sure sign that spring is in full swing and the shipping season is underway. Hundreds of people lined up along the Sault waterfront on ...

Crew members of the Joseph L. Block, including a person dressed as Santa Claus, right, wave while spectators at the North Pier Lighthouse welcome the ship to Duluth on Friday.

The Soo Locks is set to open tonight, kicking off the 2024 shipping season on the upper Great Lakes. And there won’t be any last-minute guessing about which freighter will be the first ship through ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Soo Locks are open for the season. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that the Joseph L. Block was the first ship through the Poe Lock on Friday evening, ...