The U.S.-flagged freighter MV Roger Blough was safely anchored in Waiska Bay, Michigan on Saturday afternoon the place it will likely be inspected for injury and its remaining cargo can be transferred to different vessels, the Coast Guard reported over the weekend.

The Blough was refloated on Saturday at appoximately 10:45 a.m. following lightering operations and later made it means beneath its personal energy to Lake Superior’s Waiska Bay.

The 833-foot Roger Blough spent greater than per week laborious aground on Gros Cap Reef in Whitefish Bay after working aground final Friday, May 27. Following a number of days of planning and coordination with Canadian authorities and the ship proprietor, lightering operations kicked off early Friday morning to take away among the ship’s iron ore cargo to the MV Philip R. Clarke.

With the ship now refloated and safely at anchor, the Coast Guard says it plans proceed to lighter the Blough’s iron ore and conduct detailed injury assessments.

The grounding is being investigated by the U.S. Coast Guard with assist from the National Transportation Safety Board.