soo locks

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 start of the 2025 Great Lakes shipping season.

The shipping industry requested an early season opening based on the understanding that “the 2025 winter lock maintenance will be completed by this date and an early opening will not impact U.S. Army Corps operations this season,” said Lake Carriers’ Association President James...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/soo-locks-to-open-early-for-2025-shipping-season/

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 seasonal critical maintenance.

Federal regulation (33 CFR 207.440) establishes the operating season based on the feasibility of vessels operating during typical Great Lakes ice conditions.

“Every year, the Corps of Engineers uses the non-navigation winter period to perform maintenance and keep the Soo Locks...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/soo-locks-closing-for-seasonal-repair-and-maintenance/

Soo Locks Reopen for 2020, 700-foot Freighter Passes Through!

  • The Soo Locks reopened to Great Lakes freighter traffic after winter maintenance.
  • H. Lee White is the first freighter to go through the Poe Lock as the 2020 shipping.
  • The Soo Locks located in the St. Marys River.
  • It is designed to move ships and cargo between Lake Superior and the lower level of Lake Huron.
  • It is the only way ships can travel between the upper and lower Great Lakes.
  • 22 million gallons of water is required to raise the level of the Poe Lock by 21 feet when a big ship passes
  • The...

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