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CARIBOU, N.S. — A new Transportation Safety Board investigation report sheds more light on the seven-hour grounding of the MV Confederation last fall but doesn’t answer any questions as to what caused the steering failure that led to it.
Map showing where the MV Confederation left the channel and became grounded near Monroe's Island on Sept. 4, 2022. - with TSB annotations. Canadian Hydrographic Service It was then “the crew determined that the vessel was aground on a mud bank due to the falling tide” and it wasn’t long before the Confederation began listing to port.
At about 2:30 p.m., the Canadian Coast Guard vessel Cape Spry arrived from Souris attaching a tow line to stabilize the Confederation and it wasn’t long before the ship was free of the mud with anchors up and engines back to life steaming to port in Caribou.Businesses cautiously optimistic as ferry service between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia resumes