A section of the important St. Lawrence Seaway shipping route will remain closed until at least Thursday morning as crews clean up spilled fuel oil after a cargo vessel ran aground on Monday. A fuel tank on the Canada Steamship Lines vessel M/V Richelieu was punctured after the ship experienced propulsion problems during a sudden squall near the Cote Sainte-Catherine canal lock south of Montreal, leaking between 50 and 200 tonnes of oil into surrounding waters.
Green Marine
about 16 years ago
Canada-U.S. Seaway section may reopen Thursday
A section of the important St. Lawrence Seaway shipping route will remain closed until at least Thursday morning as crews clean up spilled fuel oil after a cargo vessel ran aground on Monday. A fuel tank on the Canada Steamship Lines vessel M/V Richelieu was punctured after the ship experienced prop
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