Last tugboat pulled from the St. Lawrence River
CORNWALL – The work tugboat LCM 131 was loaded on a flatbed trailer and hauled away to and undisclosed location Sunday. The weekend work ends […]
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St. Lawrence River draw down begins for second tugboat recovery
CORNWALL – Water flowing out of the Moses-Saunders Hydropower Dam will slow down starting today (Tuesday) to help crews retrieve the work tugboat LCM 131. […]
Tugboat Lac Manitoba out of the water
CORNWALL — One tugboat down and one to go. Crews completed the salvage operations for the tugboat Lac Manitoba on Friday, lifting the vessel out […]
Tugboat Roundup: another spill, water advisories, recovery to begin Tuesday
CORNWALL – The Canadian Coast Guard said Monday there was a weekend spill of fuel oil in the St. Lawrence River from the work tug […]
St. Lawrence River north channel around tugboats closed to boats
CORNWALL — As cleanup begins in earnest this week on the sunken tugboat Lac Manitoba, the federal transport ministry has shut down the St. Lawrence […]
Seaway level draw-down to help tugboat recovery
CORNWALL – The St. Lawrence Seaway is warning boaters downstream from Cornwall that water levels will be lowered. The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation said […]
Tugboat danger zone altered slightly
CORNWALL – A so-called danger zone area has been altered slightly ahead of anticipated fuel salvaging activities for the Lac Manitoba. Nadro Marine shared a […]
Tugboat danger zone marked off; rigging being installed
CORNWALL – The owners of the Lac Manitoba tugboat have marked off an area where the public should not go as it gets ready to […]