Despite operating one of the largest navies in the world, the United States has only two operational icebreakers - limiting ...

WASHINGTON DC - Two Michigan members of Congress are asking President Donald Trump to send a recently obtained icebreaker ...

Icy conditions proved problematic for a bulk freighter on the St. Clair River near Harsens Island on Tuesday before two ice cutters and the Coast Guard helped it on its way. The freighter, the Herbert ...

The construction of the seven icebreaking ships, key to Arctic operations with their ability to cut through formidable ice sheets, is expected to create ... The 11 Arctic security cutters, which will ...

CRISFIELD, Md. (AP) — With the ice building around Smith Island and Crisfield, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources dispatched its ice cutter to help. Media outlets report the ice cutter, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Coast Guard shared an update Saturday on efforts to free the ice-bound ship stuck on Lake Erie since Wednesday. Several ice cutter ships are being used to break the ice ...

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned to Seattle Saturday following a 144-day deployment to Antarctica. The deployment marks the ship's 26th journey to Antarctica as part of Operation ...

DULUTH, Minn. -- The new U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder has begun its icebreaking chores in the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior, Wis. The mission began Thursday with a long blast followed by three ...

Sault Ste. Marie — Heavy ice in the St. Mary’s River and portions of Lake Superior has slowed traffic through the Soo Locks in the weeks since the shipping season reopened late last month. As result, ...

DULUTH — Marshall School graduate Alexander Stewart talks like he’s got the best job in the world — and, for another day or so, it’s right in his hometown. “I’m coming into my sixth year working on ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 660-foot vessel remains stuck in the ice in Lake Erie on Thursday night over 36 hours after it was first lodged there. The Canadian lake bulk carrier called the Manitoulin, which got ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 660-foot vessel remains stuck in the ice in Lake Erie on Thursday night over 36 hours after it was first lodged there. The Canadian lake bulk carrier called the Manitoulin, which got ...