The broken Great Lakes freight MV Roger Blough was cleared over the weekend to transit down the St. Marys River en path to a shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

The U.S. Coast Guard captain of the port in Sault Ste. Marie gave the all clear on Saturday for the vessel to make its strategy to an anchorage in Potagannissing Bay within the neighborhood of DeTour Village, Michigan.

The Blough had been anchored in Waiska Bay in Lake Superior since June 4 after grounding on Gros Cap Reef May 27. Lightering operations had been accomplished final Tuesday. During the operation, the iron ore on board the vessels was efficiently offloaded onto two vessels, the Philip R. Clarke and Arthur M. Anderson, which departed the Waiska Bay anchorage to ship the cargo to its meant vacation spot.

The Coast Guard experiences that earlier than 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, the Blough weighed anchor from Waiska Bay and started its transit down the St. Marys River underneath its personal energy.

The Blough was escorted by the tug Candace Elise and made it by the Soo Locks early Saturday afternoon.

Coast Guard officers in Sault Ste. Marie and Milwaukee mentioned they had been reviewing the vessel’s full transit plan because it intends to make its strategy to the shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.