DULUTH — While Saturday is the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year in terms of sunlight, it had a spectacular start with sea smoke sightings in the morning. There have already been ...

Sightseers in Duluth got an unexpected and up-close look at the longest ship on the Great Lakes on Saturday, when it ran aground about 50 feet from shore off Bayfront Park in Duluth. The Paul R.

The laker Paul R. Tregurtha was freed from the downbound channel of the St. Marys River early Thursday after running aground Wednesday and blocking ship traffic for more than a day. The ship was ...

The Paul R. Tregurtha gracefully left the Port of Duluth-Superior under sunny November skies. Lift Photojournalist Kyle Aune captured the scene.

The Paul R. Tregurtha is 1,013 feet and 6 inches long, making it the biggest freighter on the Great Lakes. The freighter’s route takes it through Sault Ste. Marie and the Soo Locks many times a year.

Fog has not deterred shipwatchers on the pier in Canal Park lately. The “Queen of the Great Lakes,” the Paul R. Tregurtha, recently arrived shrouded in fog.

Last night’s arrival of United States Coast Guard Cutters Alder and Mackinaw signaled that the 2019 commercial shipping season is soon to commence for the Port of Duluth-Superior and the entire region ...

The Paul R. Tregurtha makes its way through the Duluth ship canal in January 2016. Currently there's only about 5 percent ice cover on Lake Superior, compared to more than 20 percent at this time last ...

The Paul R. Tregurtha is the largest freighter on the Great Lakes at 1,013-feet-and-six-inches long. That is slightly longer than three football fields! In today’s Sights and Sounds Drone Edition, ...