U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay (WTBG 105) conducts Ice Operations on the Great Lakes during the 2024-2025 ice season. Ninth Coast Guard District ice breakers are tasked with keeping waterways open which facilitate Marine Transportation and National Security in the critical Great Lakes waterways. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy video by Lt. j.g. Geoffrey DeLorie)
MILWAUKEE – The Captain of the Port, Sector Lake Michigan, is scheduled to reopen the waters of Southern Green Bay to commercial vessel traffic beginning at 8 a.m., March 10, 2025.
DULUTH, Minn. - The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPAR (WLB 206) is scheduled to begin ice breaking operations in the ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, beginning March 10, in preparation for the 2025 shipping season.
GREEN BAY, Wis. - U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB 30) is scheduled to begin ice breaking operations in Green Bay, Wisconsin, commencing the week of March 10, 2025.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - The Coast Guard is scheduled to begin ice breaking operations in the lower St. Marys River, March 10, in preparation for the 2025 Great Lakes commercial shipping season.
BUFFALO — U.S. Coast Guard efforts continue today to assist the motor vessel Manitoulin which initially became beset by ice Jan. 22, 2025 near Buffalo, New York, on Lake Erie.
