Enbridge Inc. said it will continue to ship crude through its Line 5 pipeline that crosses the Great Lakes, despite Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's deadline Wednesday to shut the conduit. (Bloomberg) -- Enbridge Inc. said it will continue to ship crude through its Line 5 pipeline that crosses the Great Lakes, despite Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s deadline Wednesday to shut the conduit. “Enbridge will continue to deliver via Line 5 safe, reliable and affordable energy to fuel the region’s economies,” the Canadian pipeline giant said in an emailed statement Wednesday. The company had previously pledged to keep the pipeline running. In November, Michigan’s governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an order that gave Enbridge until Wednesday to shut Line 5, arguing that the pipeline threatens the Great Lakes because it crosses along the bed of the Mackinac Strait. Enbridge appealed the decision and the case is now both before a federal judge and in court-ordered mediation. The state won’t enforce shutdown of pipeline without a decision by a state court, Lynsey Mukomel, spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Attorney General, said by email.