Freighter stuck in Lake Erie ice off Buffalo shoreline

Video: Huge freighter stuck in Lake Erie ice off Buffalo shoreline
A huge freighter, Manitoulin, is stuck in the Lake Erie ice off the Buffalo shoreline. The United State Coast Guard tells 7 News the ship is stuck, but no other information was immediately available.
660-foot freighter is trapped in Lake Erie ice fields, Coast Guard assisting
The Manitoulin, a 663-foot vessel, remained stuck just offshore of Buffalo, New York for the second day on Thursday. An ice-cutting barge, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, was dispatched earlier today to help free the freighter from the snow and ice field.
A Canadian freighter gets trapped in ice on Lake Erie
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin freeing the vessel.
Freighter stuck in Lake Erie ice off Buffalo shoreline; Ice-breaking tug arrives to assist
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With temps below zero, Lake Erie is 20% more ice-covered than usual
Now, after temperatures plummeted below zero, Lake Erie is about 60% frozen. That’s about 20% more ice than average for this time of year. Lake Erie is shallower and narrower than other Great Lakes, so it freezes faster.
Most of Lake Erie is now ice-covered
As the ice continues to develop on Lake Erie and other waterways in the area, some of you may be planning to have some fun this weekend. But, whether it’s ice skating, ice fishing, or pond hockey, you need to be extremely careful.
Ship stuck in ice off Lake Erie shoreline in Buffalo
A lake freighter ship is stuck in ice in the Lake Erie shoreline in the Buffalo River. The vessel Manitoulin, which was returning to Michigan after completing a routine delivery of rock salt, became immobilized by thick ice,
Coast Guard deploys cutter to rescue freighter vessel stranded in Lake Erie ice
The freighter vessel was delivering rock salt to the Buffalo waterfront before it got stuck in a field of Lake Erie ice.
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