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Ship that ran aground off Sydney Mines successfully towed

Credit: DFO Maritimes

The Canadian Coast Guard has successfully towed the Arca 1 out to sea.

The vessel ran aground a week ago off the coast of Cape Breton.

Six crew members aboard the tanker had to be rescued by a Cormorant helicopter.

“We had a tanker here that ran aground. Not very often are they recovered within a week,” said Keith Laidlaw, a coast guard senior response officer at a technical briefing Sunday.

“The work was done safely and … proficiently. There were no lives lost, no injuries and no harm to the environment.”

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Two previous attempts to tow the vessel had to be postponed because of poor weather conditions.

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The vessel was carrying 15 tonnes of fuel for its engines.

There were no reports of any fuel leaks.

READ MORE: Grounded tanker off NS coast raises issue of federal watch on foreign flagged ships: mariners

With a file from the Canadian Press

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