Above and beyond for round-the-clock Straits safety

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held near St. Ignace, MI in November 2022 to celebrate the new permanent home of the Enbridge Straits Maritime Operations Center (ESMOC). Fully operational since summer 2020, the ESMOC coordinates an array of marine safety systems in Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac to prevent an anchor strike on our Line 5 dual pipelines while the Great Lakes Tunnel is built. Coordinating wireless and radio communications, high-definition camera feeds and weather monitoring equipment, the ESMOC represents a new, unprecedented level of maritime monitoring capability for a commercial company.