A Bulker anchored in English Bay in Vancouver spilled several tons of Bunker fuel into the harbour yesterday, Most of the oil has now been collected, it has however reached land in several places. This incident has angered environmentalists, who are now citing this as an example of why tankers
Month: April 2015
The CCGS Louis St Laurent arrived over the noon hour, after standing by the CCGS Ann Harvey off Newfoundland. The CCGS Teleost towed the CCGS Ann Harvey to St John’s after RCN divers made temporary repairs.
The Svitzer Wombi has now been painted out, and Svitzer Cartier has been painted with a register port of Halifax. She does not yet appear in the Canadian Vessel Registry, though this is likely imminent.
the Halifax Joint Rescue Coordination Center has advised that 2 cormorant Helicopters and 2 vessels have been dispatched to the Coast Guard Ice breaker Ann Harvey, who is reportedly taking on water. Ann Harvey was breaking ice tending buoys off Burgeo NL at the time of the incident. She spent