‘Nothing like it in the world’

Kate Houchard, Enbridge’s operations manager in northern Michigan, says she was particularly excited to join the company because of our Enbridge Straits Maritime Operations Center (ESMOC) in the Straits of Mackinac—which provides an unprecedented level of maritime monitoring capability for a commercial company. While building the Great Lakes Tunnel is the ultimate solution to protecting the Straits, the purpose-built ESMOC ensures the continued safe operation of Line 5 by preventing an anchor strike through 24/7 advanced monitoring systems. “It’s an abundance of caution, and I think it’s a wonderful example of how dedicated we are to the safe operation of Line 5 in the Straits,” she says.