A freighter carrying 18,000 tons of stone ran aground in the Detroit River on Thanksgiving Morning.

A St. Clair County man pleaded guilty to a felony charge related to falsifying records connected to a course he administered to students seeking to become credentialed merchant mariners.

A U.S. Coast Guard report reveals that the Titan submersible disaster was due to preventable safety failures and deliberate oversight avoidance.

A man was rescued by a member of the United States Coast Guard on Tuesday after falling into the Grand River.

Last year, five people hoping to view the Titanic wreckage died when their submersible imploded deep in the Atlantic Ocean.

Five people were found clinging to a floating cooler 10 miles off the coast in Lake Erie after their boat got “swamped” by a wave, officials said.

It was a typical summer day along the Detroit River when the George family saw a worker fall from the Ambassador Bridge.

The Great Lakes Coast Guard worked with the Coast Guard Air Station Detroit and other municipal authorities on rescue operations.

The United States Coast Guard is working on a plan to free a massive freighter stuck in the Detroit River.

A 623-foot freighter carrying wheat to Italy ran aground in the Detroit River early Monday morning, according to the United States Coast Guard.

While the river remains open for shipping, the Coast Guard has issued a marine safety broadcast and urges mariners to use caution while traveling through the area.

While the river remains open for shipping, the Coast Guard has issued a marine safety broadcast and urges mariners to use caution while traveling through the area.

A freighter has run aground in the Detroit River near Belle Isle.

The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes division sent an MH-65 helicopter to rescue three people from the Detroit River on Friday night.

Two people were rescued from an overturned boat on Lake Erie overnight Sunday in Monroe County.

Michiganders are incredibly lucky to be surrounded by water, but frigid cold temperatures across Metro Detroit will soon turn water into ice. Many people love this time of year, especially those enthused with ice fishing and winter sports, but the ice can become very dangerous as the flowing liquid becomes a solid.

The two kayakers who went missing in Lake Superior at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore have been identified as Troy resident Kimberly Aiello and David Delegato of Shelby Township.

The federal government is making available for free some waterfront workspaces with killer views.

A Michigan man devised a plan to steal a helicopter from the Coast Guard in order to attack a police station and shooting up a hospital to disrupt the power and free the coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, authorities said.

MONROE CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 51-year-old Taylor resident went missing Sunday after a boat capsized in Lake Erie, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said. During the search a 28-year-old Monroe resident was rescued and taken to ProMedica Hospital of Monroe to be treated for non-life threatening injuries. Officials say the boat was found upside down about a mile off shore tangled in a fishing net. It is unknown whether the Taylor resident was wearing a life jacket at the time the boat flipped over. The United States Coast Guard is still searching for the Taylor resident.

Former World War II amphibious vehicles known as duck boats operate around the country as tour boats. It is imperative that the United States Coast Guard adopt these life-saving recommendations now, Sumwalt said. The NTSB said duck boats low freeboard and open interior make them vulnerable to rapid swamping and sinking when they are suddenly flooded. A February 2000 letter from the NTSB urged the Coast Guard to take immediate action. The indictment accused Lanham of helping to create "a work atmosphere on Stretch Duck 7 and other duck boats where the concern for profit overshadowed the concern for safety."

A body was pulled from the Detroit River near Wyandotte on July 2, 2019. (WDIV)WYANDOTTE, Mich. - A male's body was pulled from the Detroit River on Tuesday morning. The body was spotted by someone near Grassy Island, between Fighting Island and Wyandotte. They handed the body over to Wyandotte police and EMS. Wyandotte police said the person's race and age remains undetermined due to the condition in which the body was found.

A body was pulled from the Detroit River near Wyandotte on July 2, 2019. (WDIV)WYANDOTTE, Mich. - A male's body was pulled from the Detroit River on Tuesday morning. The body was spotted by someone near Grassy Island, between Fighting Island and Wyandotte. They handed the body over to Wyandotte police and EMS. Wyandotte police said the person's race and age remains undetermined due to the condition in which the body was found.