Preventative booming has been positioned round grounded laker
MAY 31, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard in the present day was continues to watch and reply to the motor vessel Roger Blough.
The 833 ft, 1972-built self-unloading bulker, owned by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc, ran aground Friday afternoon on Gros Cap Reef in Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior.
Today, the Coast Guard says that plans proceed to progress to securely free the Blough from Gros Cap Reef by way of the mixed efforts of Canadian companions, firm representatives and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Salvage divers from Donjon-Smit plan to start an underwater survey of the vessel’s hull in the present day in an effort to establish any injury the Blough might have sustained throughout the grounding.
A National Transportation Safety Board consultant arrived final evening and is aiding Coast Guard investigators to find out the reason for the grounding.
Preventative booming stays in place across the vessel and a Coast Guard Auxiliary overflight was scheduled to happen early this afternoon with a Coast Guard air pollution responder aboard.
Yesterday the Coast Guard mentioned that no indicators of air pollution have been detected by an overflight of the world late Sunday morning.
A 500 yard security zone imposed across the Blough continued to have little affect on vessel site visitors transiting by way of the world.The crew is reported to be in good situation and its wants are being tended to as they come up.
