Canada’s TSB Sends Team to Investigate St. Lawrence River Tug Sinkings

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has despatched a crew of investigators to probe Monday’s sinking of two tugboats on the Saint Lawrence River, marking the TSB’s second deployment this week within the space.

[contextly_sidebar id=”9suncqTgVBR4dVKedOoydr8rl4qiLCIT”]The two tugboats, Lac Manitoba and LCM 131, sank inside just some hours of one another close to Cornwall, Ontario.

Photos of the Lac Manitoba present the vessel being pinned in opposition to a building barge in sturdy present, finally inflicting the vessel to roll over and drift and downriver. The sinking of the LCM 131 capsized and sank just some hours later in the identical space. No casualties had been reported in both incident.

The TSB says its crew will collect data and asses the 2 occurrences.

The incidents comply with the grounding of the MV Tundra bulk service on the St. Lawrence River off Summerstown, Ontario. That incident can also be being investigated by the TSB.