SAULT STE. MARIE, MI (WTAQ) – Icebreaking preparations are getting underway.
The cutters Mackinaw and Mobile Bay are scheduled to begin work Tuesday on Green Bay. The operation is needed to clear a path for fuel product shipments to the Port of Green Bay.
Areas included are the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, the waters of Little Bay de Noc near Escanaba, Fox River Entrance Channel and Menominee River Entrance.
Icebreaking will increase in coming weeks as thawing continues and commercial navigation picks up.
