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Coast Guard leadership visits Sugar Island to discuss ice breaking, spring breakout

Ice-breaking will begin in the weeks leading up to the opening of the Soo Locks near the end of March
SooToday Staff
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Capt. Marko Broz, Pete Paramski, and Mark Gill answer questions at an ice breaking presentation on Sugar Island. Supplied photo

NEWS RELEASE
U.S. COAST GUARD
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SUGAR ISLAND, MICH. – Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie and Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority (EUPTA) leadership visited the Sugar Island Community Center Wednesday to discuss ice-breaking operations.

Capt. Marko Broz, Commander Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie and Mark Gill, Director of Vessel Traffic Service St. Marys River, presented information to island residents regarding Coast Guard ice-abreaking authority, priorities, and asset abilities. They also answered questions regarding ferry delays and spring breakout. Pete Paramski, Director of EUPTA, was also in attendance.

Spring breakout, the operation in which Coast Guard ice breakers begin to establish tracks in the ice of the St. Marys River for commercial shipping, will begin in the weeks prior to the opening of the Soo Locks on 25 March.

For more information contact Lt. j.g. Sean Murphy at (906) 635-3223 or [email protected], or follow facebook.com/SectorSaultSainteMarie.

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