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Damaged Straits of Mackinac cables being replaced
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Electric transmission cables that run along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac are being replaced starting this week after an anchor strike incident three years ago severed two of the six cables.
Wisconsin-based American Transmission Co. said Monday it is doing the work following an April 2018 accident in which a 12,000-pound anchor damaged two transmission circuits, cut two cables and severely damaged a third.
ATC officials said the three undamaged cables were reconfigured to form a single transmission circuit, allowing workers to restore one electrical connection between the Upper Peninsula and lower Michigan.
Enbridge settles with shipping firm after 2018 Line 5 anchor strike
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Photo of the Erie Trader barge contained in a 2018 lawsuit filed by American Transmission Co. against Van Enkevort Tug & Barge. The shipping firm has settled with ATC and Enbridge after the tug-and-barge damaged the Line 5 pipeline and severed other power cables when it dragged an anchor through the Straits of Mackinac.
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Settlement funds were wired to Enbridge by the Van Enkevort Tug & Barge and MOM Erie Trader on Thursday, April 15, according to filings in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.