Stranded Freighter Blocks Maumee River
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Tugboats pulled in vain and crews struggled to unload cargo from a 730-foot freighter that hasn’t budged for two days since it ran aground near Toledo, blocking ship traffic on the Maumee River.
Officials hoped that removing some of the 28,000 tons of soybeans would reduce the Nanticoke’s weight enough to allow tugboats to shove it back into the shipping channel, Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Rick Minnich said.
The Canadian freighter was turned sideways in a strong current and got stuck Wednesday. It ran aground, and the force of the current has kept it from being turned around. The Canada Steamship Lines-owned Nanticoke was heading onto Lake Erie on its way to Canada before it ran aground.
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