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.
The vessel was carrying 15 tonnes of fuel for its engines.
There were no reports of any fuel leaks.
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With a file from the Canadian Press