Tagged: Great Lakes

The Great Lakes cruising season begins soon, and it’s expected to be another record year for ports and ships along the Great Lakes. (more…)

Great Lakes cruise ships are expected to bring 23,000 visitors to destinations across the region this spring, summer and fall. (more…)

American Cruise Lines announces 14-day route from Buffalo to Milwaukee with monthly stops through summer. (more…)

The Port of Cleveland plans to keep the city’s cruise dock at its current downtown location and make improvements to its appearance and accessibility, ending years of discussion about relocating the facility along the lakefront. (more…)

Local dignitaries gathered on a square of landfill behind the Lake Express Ferry terminal at Port Milwaukee on a cool and breezy Thursday morning to finally break ground on the long-discussed South Shore Cruise Dock. (more…)

After delays and cost overruns, a crucial component of the port’s marine tourism infrastructure is ready for business. (more…)

More than 70 cruise ship stops are scheduled in Port Colborne this year, as the southern Ontario city becomes a rising star on Great Lakes itineraries. (more…)

At least three vessels from two cruise lines will be making regular appearances as they dock in Escanaba this summer. (more…)

Cleveland hosted its first cruise ship of the season on Tuesday, welcoming back Victory Cruise Lines after a one-year absence from the Great Lakes. (more…)

More ships will be cruising the Great Lakes in summer 2025, carrying up to a few hundred passengers at a time to ports that include popular stops in Michigan. (more…)

A visit by Ponant’s Le Bellot on Sunday, Oct. 13 – which docked at Pier Wisconsin not long after dawn and departed in the early evening – officially ended Milwaukee’s cruise ship season and Port Milwaukee says the number of passengers on cruises this year nearly matched a record amount. (more…)

Currently, thousands of visitors are dropped off via cruise ships next to a wastewater treatment plant. A multi-million dollar plan to change that just got a big boost. (more…)

More than 20,000 passengers are expected to cruise the Great Lakes this season. (more…)

Cruise passenger spending generated nearly $700,000 in economic impact for west Michigan in 2023, according to Visit Muskegon and the Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce. (more…)

Cruise ship visits to Milwaukee were down slightly in 2023, compared to the record-breaking year in 2022. (more…)

Around 20,000 cruise ship passengers visited Mackinac Island this year, making an economic impact of nearly $2 million, officials announced. (more…)

Travelers on Lake Superior resulted in a $600,000 economic impact for the city, according to DECC officials. (more…)

There were a lot of new faces at Yardstick Books in Algoma this summer. That was due in large part to regular stops made by cruise ships on the Great Lakes. (more…)

Cruise ships provide a valuable commodity to the tourism areas of Georgian Bay, bringing in visitors to shop locally, as well as visibility and a spotlight on the global stage. (more…)