Soo Locks to open early for 2025 shipping season
The Detroit Engineer District will open the Poe Lock, part of the Soo Locks, in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., early to all marine traffic at 8 a.m. on March 21, marking the
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Soo Locks closing for seasonal repair and maintenance
The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., will close to all marine traffic beginning just before midnight tonight or until commercial traffic ceases, through 12:01 a.m. on March 25 to perform
Soo Locks close for 2023 navigational season
The Detroit Engineer District reports that the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., closed after Keystone Shipping’s veteran self-unloading bulker Philip R. Clarke entered the Poe Lock around 9 a.m., January
MacArthur Lock closing for seasonal repair, maintenance
The Soo Locks’ MacArthur Lock will close for the Navigation Season at 7 a.m. on December 17 through April 24, 2024, to perform dam safety inspections and routine maintenance. The Poe Lock
Great Lakes operating season starts
The Great Lakes shipping season is underway after the 1,004 foot long Great Lakes bulker Edwin H. Gott made her way into the Poe Lock, kicking off the 2023 navigation season at
The Corps starts Soo Locks winter maintenance work
The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., closed to marine traffic January 16, marking the end of the Great Lakes shipping season. They will reopen March 25, and, between now and
New Lock at the Soo project gets $3.29 billion reauthorization
The Detroit Engineer District, reports that the New Lock at the Soo project in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., was reauthorized in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2022 on December 23. The
Corps spending plan funds remainder of Soo Lock project
Following the January 19 release of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s distribution plan per the Biden administration’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)’s 60-day enactment requirement, the American Great Lakes Ports
New Lock at the Soo construction begins
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reports the New Lock at the Soo project at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., is on schedule as construction resumes on phase one and is initiated
Q&A: Lake Carriers’ Association President James Weakley
We recently talked with Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA) President James Weakley to get the organization’s perspective on U.S. Great Lakes issues. Marine Log (ML): What is the mission of the Lake Carriers’