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 ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - Sometimes, you have to be a little early if you want to make sure you’re the first in line. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it would be opening the Soo ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - The first cruise ship of the season has visited the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie. The Victory I, of Victory Cruise Lines, visited Sault Ste. Marie and on Friday, the Sault ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI — The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season is underway, with the first ship passing through the Soo Locks Friday. A hundred people watched the tug-barge combo, The Clyde S ...

According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, there were 240 ships and tugs that went through the Soo Locks between March 25, 2024, and Jan. 16, 2025. During that time, there were 3,651 total locks.

SAULT STE. MARIE — The Soo Locks were set to close at midnight Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on the Great Lakes shipping season. The locks close at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night and will ...

Well past midnight and the planned closing time for the Soo Locks, the American Mariner made passage through the Poe Lock to bring down the curtain on the 2024-25 shipping season on the Upper ...