A historic freighter operating on the Great Lakes, the Kaye E. Barker, briefly grounded on Monday, April 25. The ship survived the latest incident in her long career with no injuries, pollution, or damage. Read the full story by MLive.
In a move to tackle an acute mariner shortage accentuated by the rapid retirement of boomers, Canada has signed an unprecedented agreement with the Philippines, allowing Filipino merchant mariners to serve on Canadian-flagged vessels. This marks a significant shift in international labor arrangements, opening new doors for the robust Filipino seafarer population, but causing worry…
One of the world’s last grand Edwardian passenger steamships will make a triumphant arrival at the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston, Ontario later this year. Read the full story by Ottawa Business Journal . Read the full story
With federal authorities limited in their ability to require power plants to substitute fossil fuels with other energy sources, state efforts in New York will need to ramp up to reduce future climate risks to the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Spectrum News Buffalo. Read the full story
The New York Power Authority and Ontario Power Generation has announced that the ice boom could be returning to the Niagara River as early as this weekend. Read the full story by WGRZ- TV – Buffalo, NY. Read the full story
Wayne Valliere is an artist-in-residence at Northwestern University and one of only a handful of Native birchbark canoe builders left in the United States. His canoe’s recent launch into a choppy Lake Michigan is likely unprecedented in modern times. Read the full story by The Star. Read the full story
Tourism experts are talking about the possibility of Buffalo, New York, becoming a cruise port city in the future. Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation is currently conducting a feasibility study to determine the best location for a future cruise ship port. Read the full story by WKBW-TV – Buffalo, NY. Read the full story
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