MISSISSAGI

scrapped

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towed as Dead Vessel to Scrapyard

Towed as Dead Vessel to Canadian Scrapyard ,arrived 10.10.21

Bulkcarrier holed in ice

The "Mississagi" arrived in the port of Monroe on March 29,, 2018, in need of a place to make repairs. The ship was not carrying cargo but needed a place to seek safe harbor for emergency repairs. It was traveling from Lake Superior to St. Mary’s River when it struck ice that tore a hole in the ship’s bow. The ship’s crew was able to apply a temporary patch before it docked in Monroe for the repairs. The "Mississagi" was on its way to the Port of Toledo for a coal load where it finally arrived on March 30 at 4 p.m. The Soo Locks opened March 25 while the St. Lawrence Seaway officially opened March 29. Report with photo: http://www.lenconnect.com/news/20180405/damaged-ship-gets-emergency-repair-in-monroe/1

Bulkcarrier withstood grounding without damage

When the "Mississagi" grounded near Drummond Island she was outside the marked channel, according to Coast Guard investigators. The downbound "Mississagi" should have passed a shoal-marker buoy on its starboard side, but instead passed the buoy on its port side. The buoy marks a four-foot shoal outside the approximately 30-foot shipping channel. The ship's bow grounded on what was determined to be a mostly clay bottom. The Coast Guard was still trying to determine why the freighter was outside the shipping lanes when it grounded in Potagannissing Bay about four miles east of De Tour Village about 1 a.m. on Apr 22. The ship was only refloated after offloading about 2,000 of its 17,000 tons of stone cargo onto a barge on Apr 25. The ship suffered a surprising lack of physical damage during the grounding, which investigators determined did not cause any fuel, ballast water or other contaminants to leak into the surrounding water. Divers didn't note any hull breaches. The ship made for its original destination of Bruce Mines before heading to Chicago after the five-hour lightering operation was carried out under Coast Guard supervision. Depending on the investigation results, the ship's owner L ower Lakes Towing of Port Dover, Ontario, could face a fine between $5,000 and $25,000. Because the grounding happened outside the St. Marys River shipping channel, there was no vessel traffic disruption.