Tug

• Tugboat runs aground in same B.C. waterway where 2 killed earlier this year

  Irvin Joseph said he suffered a neck injury as his tug's captain worked to prevent a barge from running aground in the same area another tug sank, killing two, in February.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2021
  
• Tugboat ‘incident’ near Kitimat, B.C., leaves two men dead: RCMP

  Responding officers located one man deceased, while a Canadian Coast Guard vessel found the second victim.

  Feb 11, 2021
  
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• Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island

  The Nana Provider became stuck just before 8 p.m. on Saturday on the southwest coast of the island between Quathiaski Cove and Yaculta. 

  Nov 15, 2019
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• U.S. firm fined $2.9M for fuel spill that soiled B.C. First Nations territory

  The Nathan E. Stewart spilled 110,000 litres of diesel and heavy oils in October 2016, when a crew member fell asleep on watch.

  Crime

  Jul 16, 2019
• Tugboat en route to tow burning container ship to Halifax after vessel evacuated

  Bad weather has been preventing the crew of the Yantian Express from extinguishing a fire that started inside a container on the ship's forward deck on Thursday.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2019
• Water advisories lifted in the Shuswap

  Interior Health has lifted precautionary water quality advisories for the western arm of Shuswap Lake and for the Shuswap River downstream from east of Ashton Creek.

  Environment

  May 19, 2017
• Winds delay tug clean up efforts off B.C. coast

  A barge has arrived to remove a sunken tug from waters off British Columbia's central coast, but blustery weather is hampering the efforts of crews cleaning up the fuel spill.

  Nov 3, 2016