The European owned MSC Monica hard aground in the St. Lawrence today. I hope all of the containers were tightly lashed
The federal Transportation Safety Board has deployed a crew to Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent, Que., where a container ship ran aground earlier today.
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The MSC Monica, a ship that plies the St. Lawrence River regularly, was grounded at around 8:00 a.m. ET.
The container ship left Montreal bound for Saint John, N.B.
The incident occurred about 190 kilometres northeast of Montreal, between Trois-Rivières and Québec City.
According to preliminary information, the ship had a problem with its rudder and drifted off course.
The Canadian Coast Guard flew over the ship to assess the situation and was able to ascertain that the vessel is not leaking fuel.
2nd MSC grounded in 8 years
The 245-metre-long ship is owned by the Mediterranean Shipping Company, which also owns the MSC Sabrina – a ship that was grounded in 2008 not far from Trois-Rivières.
The company has yet to release a statement about the grounding of the MSC Monica.
In a brief statement, the Transportation Safety Board said its investigators are now on the scene to gather information and assess the incident.
As the tide rose Friday evening, two tugboats could be seen alongside the listing vessel:
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