Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes in November were above last year's monthly total and above the five-year average, according to the shipping tracker Lake Carriers' Association. Shipments ...

Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes were below one million tons in March, a decrease of 39.1% compared to 2024, reports the Lake Carriers’ Association. Loadings were also below the month’s ...

Shipments of iron ore and limestone on the Great Lakes rose in the month of July, according to latest figures published by trade group the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA). Shipments of iron ore on ...

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — The harsh winter is blamed for a drop in iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes. Ore shipments through the end of June are down 17 percent from a year ago. The winter produced ...

The Great Lakes had a busy November and a busy year in terms of shipping iron ore and limestone. The Port of Cleveland, which no longer handles limestone, said it’s on track for a standout year thanks ...

The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season will kick off four days earlier than expected. That’s because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to open the Soo Locks to shipping traffic on the morning ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an ore carrier that, when it was launched in June 1958, was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. Costing $8 million to build, the 729-foot-long ship was designed to haul ...