The 285-foot fuel barge, Defiant, sits aground along the rocks of Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico, Feb. 10, 2026. The Defiant went aground Feb. 9, 2026, after tug vessel Storm reported their towline had snapped within the San Juan Harbor. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy video)
FAIRPORT HARBOR, Ohio — The Coast Guard is updating its ice-breaking operations in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, on Lake Erie due to the water depths in the Grand River, Feb. 9, 2026.
Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan is set to activate and enforce a temporary closure of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for electric fish barrier testing conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Romeoville, Illinois, between mile markers 295.5 and 297.5, beginning Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026 and scheduled to end Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.
In accordance with federal waterway regulation 33 CFR 165.901, the Captain of the Port, Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan is scheduled to close the waters of southern Green Bay to commercial vessel traffic starting at noon on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.
The Coast Guard is set to activate a Great Lakes Regulated Navigation Area;
specifically, a safety zone in the Lake Erie Islands, Ohio, at 8 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.
Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay (WTGB 103) will be continuing ice-
breaking operations to clear a path for commercial vessels in Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay as ice
continues to form on Lake Michigan.
