Overnight sailings of the SS Badger return for 2025
The SS Badger’s 2025 sailing season will include regular overnight crossings from June 20 to Sept. 1. The regular season of Lake Michigan’s largest cross lake ferry is May 16 to Oct. 12. The daytime schedule is seven days a week, departing Ludington, Michigan at 9 a.m. (ET) and arriving in Manitowoc, Wisconsin at noon…
SS Badger, home of the Poort family
LUDINGTON, Mich. — Over its 70-plus years of service, the SS Badger cross lake ferry has been a vessel of making special memories for thousands of people that span multiple generations. For one Hart, Michigan family the Badger not only provided an important service during a time of hardship, it has become an integral part…
SS Badger to undergo repairs in dry dock
Lake Michigan Carferry File Photo of SS Badger’s starboard propeller in dry dock at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in 2021. For Immediate Release March 11, 2025 LUDINGTON, Michigan — The SS Badger cross lake ferry will be placed into dry dock this spring for repairs in preparation of the upcoming sailing…