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3/27/2026

  • jesse4430
  • Mar 27
  • 1 min read

SAULT STE. MARIE – The Great Lakes Shipping season started this week and is already at a standstill not because of shipping traffic but because of ice.  The Mackinaw, the only heavy domestic U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker, is currently unable to lock up to Whitefish Bay due to an engineering casualty. Ice conditions are more than 2 feet in spots covered by 3 feet of snow. An icebreaker from Canada was deployed to the area but abruptly departed to care for a couple of Canadian ships going to Thunder Bay, Ontario.  Meanwhile, the system remains essentially closed with U.S. vessels trapped in the lower St. Mary’s River and Whitefish Bay. No ship has passed downbound from Duluth at this point, and no cargo has been delivered to the steel mills on the southern lakes.

 
 
 

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