WATERTOWN â The St. Lawrence Seaway System, a series of locks, canals, and channels in the U.S. and Canada that stretches for 2,340 miles, is …
Recent events in the Suez Canal drew worldwide attention to the fact that when a cargo vessel goes sideways in a shipping channel, it can cause big problems.
Similar scenarios are not unheard of much closer to home.
On Dec. 2, the freighter Harvest Spirit ran aground in a Detroit River channel, on the Canadian side, about 19 miles south of Detroit. Harvest Spirit experienced some sort of engine failure and started drifting.
âShe ended up sideways in the Livingstone Channel,â said Eric Peace, spokesman for the Westlake, Ohio-based Lake Carriersâ Association.
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WATERTOWN â The St. Lawrence Seaway System, a series of locks, canals, and channels in the U.S. and Canada that stretches for 2,340 miles, is …
Recent events in the Suez Canal drew worldwide attention to the fact that when a cargo vessel goes sideways in a shipping channel, it can cause big problems.
Similar scenarios are not unheard of much closer to home.
On Dec. 2, the freighter Harvest Spirit ran aground in a Detroit River channel, on the Canadian side, about 19 miles south of Detroit. Harvest Spirit experienced some sort of engine failure and started drifting.
âShe ended up sideways in the Livingstone Channel,â said Eric Peace, spokesman for the Westlake, Ohio-based Lake Carriersâ Association.
In this photo from Pat English on Twitter, the Algoma Spirit is docked at the Iroquois Lock after hitting the bottom of the St. Lawrence Seaway channel on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. (Pat English via Michael Folsom/@theshipwatcher/Twitter via Newswatch Group)
Update Tuesday, Dec. 29: After repairs, the ship left the Iroquois Lock around 7 a.m. today on its way to Quebec City, according to Michael Folsom of Seaway Ship Watchers Network.
IROQUOIS, Ont. – A large cargo ship is being inspected today (Monday) after hitting the bottom of the St. Lawrence Seaway channel Saturday night.
St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation spokesman Nicolas Poirier-Quesnel told Cornwall Newswatch the Algoma Spirit – a bulk carrier from Niagara Falls – was instructed to head to the Iroquois Lock for a precautionary inspection.