Fuel Tanker Carrying 9 Million Litres Of Oil Runs Aground

A fuel tanker carrying nine million litres or oil has run aground in the Northwest Passage. No oil is leaking at the moment but officials are baffled as to the best way to float the tanker.

The coast guard’s superintendent of environmental response for the Arctic, Larry Trigatti, said “There is no damage reported on the vessel, there is no water entering the vessel, the crew is safe and we are working with Transport Canada and the vessel owners to determine a safe course of action.”

The tanker, called ‘The Nanny’, weights 6,500 tonnes and it is not known how long it will take to refloat the vessel.

This is the third time a vessel has run aground in those waters in the last month. A canadian ice expert has used this as an example of the lack of appropriate charting of Arctic waters.

On August 28 the passenger vessel Clipper Adventure ran aground just east of Kugluktuk.

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