BBC Georgia damaged in St. Lawrence River grounding

Late night on November 23, the cargo ship BBC Georgia, en route to Sault Ste. Marie, ON, with a stopover in Montreal, ran aground off Grondines, St. Lawrence River. Reports indicate it took on water and the engine room was flooded. The tugboat Ocean Taiga is nearby.

Rene Beauchamp

Wind warnings halt some laker traffic

Several vessels went to anchor on the northern Great Lakes Friday due to weather. They included:
• East side of the Keweenaw Peninsula: Ashtabula-Defiance and Maumee/Victory

• Off Paradise, MI: American Century, CSL Welland, Phiip R; Clarke, Joyce L. VanEnkevort-Great Lakes Trader
• Off Bay Mills: Tim S. Dool
• At Nine Mile Point, St. Marys River: CSL Laurentien
• DeTour: Stewart J. Cort