Lake freighter runs aground off Belle Isle

Lake freighter runs aground off Belle Isle
lake freighter Mark W. Barker DETROIT — The Mark W. Barker, a 639-foot lake freighter ran soft aground in the Detroit River due to an electronics malfunction, and was successfully refloated at approximately 12:10 p.m. Wednesday with the assistance of commercial towing. Coast Guard Sector Detroit responded to the initial report of the incident, after the ship lost propulsion and ran soft aground near...