Bruce English says the ship’s manifest indicates that the cargo contains some materials listed as dangerous goods.
Officials are looking at building a road to allow easier access to the a vessel that ran aground earlier this month near Lark Harbour. There are about 1.7 million litres of fuel onboard as well as some dangerous goods. The MSC Baltic III lost power on February 15th, could not drop anchor and ended up in an area known as Cedar Cove. The Coastguard’s Bruce English says the weather has not been in their favour and a road would also help alleviate the impact sea conditions have on removal operations.
English says the ship’s manifest indicates that the cargo contains some materials listed as dangerous goods. This includes fabrics, food products, meats, metals and polymeric beads which are hard to clean up.
Meanwhile, the Canadian Coast Guard is on scene with a level of preparedness to respond to any potential hazards or pollutants entering the marine environment. English says things like this take time but their operations will not interfere with the fishery as harvesters prepare to head out to sea.
The CCGS Jean Goodwill remains on site with spill response equipment The initial focus will be on the removal of the fuel and cargo.
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