The unloading of the MV Maccoa, a bulk carrier that ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, has been pushed to the weekend due to the unavailability of barges needed to transport the corn cargo.
An operation to remove cargo from a ship that ran aground in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal has been postponed to the weekend. A tugboat tries to release the MV Maccoa after it ran aground in the St. Lawrence River in Vercheres, Que., Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes.The plan had been to start unloading the MV Maccoa on Thursday, but Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the barges needed to carry the corn are still being readied and have not yet arrived.
More than 3,000 metric tonnes of corn must be off-loaded to help get the ship floating so it can resume its course.The Cyprus-flagged 185-metre bulk carrier ran aground near Verchères, Que., in the early hours of Dec. 24 following a power failure
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