The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will open for the 2025 shipping season on March 21. The opening of the locks marks the start of the Great Lakes shipping season. The Soo Locks allow vessels to ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Major marine traffic will return to the upper-most Great Lake later this month with the opening of the Soo Locks to kick off the 2026 shipping season. According to the U.S. Army ...

The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie will open early for the second straight year, officials announced on Thursday. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Poe Lock, the largest lock in the ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (WLUC) - The Soo Locks will soon be open for the 2026 shipping season. In a Tuesday morning press release, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, says it will open ...

While ice is expanding on the Great Lakes, the Soo Locks remain open for shipping for a few more days in 2026. The locks will remain open until Jan. 15, or until commercial traffic comes to an end. In ...

U.S.-flag shipping on the Great Lakes lost a total of 1,953 hours or 82 ship days due to inadequate icebreaking, about a third of the shipping season on the Great Lakes.It took 96 hours after the Soo ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' $3.2-billion New Lock at the Soo reached a milestone with substantial completion of Phase 2 work, officials announced Sept. 26. Work on the third and final phase is ...