(CBS DETROIT) - The Coast Guard's ice breakers have started working in the waters of the Great Lakes, in an effort to keep commercial shipping channels open. The Coast Guard's Operation Taconite ...

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin ...

“The situation that we are facing here on Lake Erie is that we have greater ice thickness than usual, so local ice breakers and local Coast Guard vessels don’t have the capability to break ice ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — One of the largest vessels to use the Port of Cleveland — the 1004-foot-long, 50-foot-tall James R. Barker — on Thursday found itself stuck in ice as it attempted to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A Canadian freighter became icebound in Lake Erie outside the Buffalo River breakwall while departing Buffalo, New York, requiring help from a U.S. Coast Guard cutter.

became stuck in ice on Lake Erie off the coast of Buffalo, New York, after delivering a shipment on Wednesday. Video shows U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay breaking the ice to free the freighter.