Ship Aground

The Tanker Sidsel Knutsen grounded in the St. Clair River about 11:20 a.m. Tuesday morning off St. Clair, Michigan. The tanker was downbound from Sarnia's Sun Oil Dock and bound for Montreal, Quebec. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the Sindsel Knutsen sustained an engine-room fire about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and, while those on board were fighting the, the ship's master and pilot decided to steer the vessel out of the main shipping lane to avoid any problems within the channel. No damage was visible and no pollution was reported, but efforts to get the ship moving again could take up to a week.

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• st. clair river
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• Sarnia
• St. Clair
• Knutsen OAS Shipping
• Norwegian tanker
• ship losing power.

[CanadianWorkDivers]

Who pulled er' out? Gordon Marine out of Sarnia I wonder?

[GreatLakesShips]

@CanadianWorkDivers G-tugs Wyoming and Idaho out of Detroit.

[SouthPortlandKK]

cool! lucky you got there to see this! ive seen heather knutsen before :D

[GreatLakesShips]

@SouthPortlandKK Yeah im really happy I got there before they got it free. Is the Heather Knusten that ship with the weird thing on its bow?

[hurricanejones1]

How long did it take you to get there with your camera? Glad you did.

[GreatLakesShips]

@hurricanejones1 About 35 minutes.

[Sammerd1]

Unlucky Great Lakes visiter! she was the ship whom caused the wescott incident, and now this!

[maritimefreak]

Way back in 1967 I saw m.v Stamatis (bulk carrier) ran aground on Madras coast.

She could not be saved for lack of infrastructure.

[gricer1326]

I passed this ship on the St. Lawrence at a distance of 5 feet. Nerve-wracking but awesome.

[SouthPortlandKK]

i ment Jasmine Knutsen.. woops

anyway, i found out the the thing on the front is the bow loading equipment.