U.S. Coast Guard opens Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Port of Green Bay to shipping

SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES

03.10.2022

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba 

U.S. Coast Guard District 9

U.S. Oil will resume the shipment of fuel products to the Port of Green Bay at the end of the week. The U.S.
Coast Guard will commence ‘Spring Break Out’ to prepare regional waterways in advance for tanker
movements. These ice-breaking operations will likely occur in areas used by recreational users such as, but not
limited to, the Fox River, the Green Bay Entrance Channel, the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, the Menominee River
Entrance, and the waters of Green Bay from Minneapolis Shoal Light to the Fox River Entrance. Next week,
these icebreaking efforts will increase in frequency as ice conditions deteriorate and commercial navigation
increases.

Regional ice coverage did not reach traditional levels of thickness from previous winters. The weather forecast
for the next seven to ten days calls for temperatures supporting the rapid deterioration of ice. All snowmobile
and all-terrain vehicle operators, ice fishermen, and other recreational users of the ice should recognize the
instability of the ice, plan their activities carefully, and use caution near the ice, especially in proximity to
charted navigation areas.

Please contact the Sault Vessel Traffic Service with any questions at [phone] or via email at
[e-mail].

-USCG-

• Date Taken: 03.10.2022
• Date Posted: 03.10.2022 14:20
• Story ID: 416209
• Location: SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN, US