An RNLI volunteer has been presented with a long service award for his life-saving work over the last two decades. Mark ...

A freighter that ran aground on the Detroit River near Belle Isle last year is, for now, immortalized in satellite images on Google Maps. The Mark W. Barker was marooned near the east end of Belle ...

Great Lakes freighters and their crews don’t get the day off for holidays. “When sailing the (Great) Lakes, our mariners work every day to keep commerce flowing to the industrial and manufacturing ...

A single cargo ship can carry enough goods to replace nearly 3,000 semi-trucks—that's why some are calling for a shipping boom in America's famous lakes. On January 21, 2023, the Mark W Barker arrived ...

July 15, 2018 Vallejo Mark Barker passed away at home surrounded by family on July 15. Mark was born in Santa Barbara. the family lived in San Francisco, Santa Rosa and Vallejo. Mark served in the ...