North Coast Chronicles: Tales from the Great Lakes celebrates two years on ASPN with "The Highs, the Lows, and Highs of Cruise Shipping in the Great Lakes" with the May 2023 episode!  In a number of our previous North Coast Chronicle podcasts, the plethora of cruise ships now serving the Great Lakes was often highlighted.  But, cruise shipping is nothing new – historically – in the Great Lakes and there were decades when there was no cruise shipping because of marketplace pressures and regulatory requirements. Today, that has all changed. Joining the podcast to share his 30 years of first-hand knowledge of the business of cruise shipping – particularly in the Great Lakes – is Mr. Ralph Diehl.  In 2001, Ralph promoted a 226-passenger cruise ship in the Great Lakes.  He also shares the history of the U.S. flag ship, SS South American, considered the last great cruise liner in the Great Lakes!