A Marshall Islands-flagged bulk provider spent a number of hours aground Saturday within the Delaware River earlier than salvors have been in a position to refloat the vessel. 

The U.S. Coast Guard mentioned it was overseeing the trouble to refloated the 622-foot MV Odigitria, which ran aground at roughly 4:30 a.m. Saturday on the Delaware River because it was transiting to the Grows Terminal in Morrisiville, Pennsylvania. 

The vessel was efficiently refloated at roughly 1 p.m.

There have been no reported accidents or air pollution.

A injury survey is pending. The motor vessel was transporting scrap metallic.

“Luckily no one was injured and the event didn’t cause any pollution,” mentioned Lt. j.g. Jonas Miller, a command obligation officer at Sector Delaware Bay. “We are working to determine the cause of this incident so we can continue to keep vessel traffic safe on the river. Our investigations division is looking into a variety of factors that played into the grounding, including aids to navigation, vessel traffic, and tides and currents.”