Federal Rideau (ship, 2000)
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Tugs guide the Federal Rideau to her moorings at the Redpath Sugar Refinery, in Toronto.
The Federal Rideau is a cargo vessel owned and operated by Fednav. She, and her sister ship, the Federal Asahii, were built in Oshima, Japan, 2000.[1]
In July 2014 she ran aground in Lake St. Clair, near Peche Island, and required five tugs to get free.[2] She was carrying 20,000 tons of wheat from Thunder Bay to Montreal, Quebec.
In December 2014 a failure of the Martin Luther King Bridge over the Maumee River blocked her progress in Toledo, Ohio.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Steamboat Bill, p. 232. Retrieved on 2016-04-18. “Both Federal Asahii (ii) and Federal Rideau were built at Oshima, Japan.”
- ↑ More tugs called to rescue freighter stuck in Lake. St. Clair, CBC News, 2014-07-27. Retrieved on 2016-04-18. “A 200-metre long Federal Rideau ran aground in the downbound shipping channel off Peche Island in Lake St. Clair around 3 a.m. Sunday.”
- ↑ David Patch. Bridge breakdown snarls midday traffic: Electrical issue gets MLK’s spans stuck, Toledo Blade, 2014-12-03. Retrieved on 2016-04-18. ““Look, they’re waving,” Ms. Schneider told her son, who looked toward crewmen aboard the M.V. Federal Rideau but resolutely kept his hands in his warm coat pockets.”
- ↑ Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge closed indefinitely after drawspan becomes stuck, Toledo Blade, 2014-12-05. Retrieved on 2016-04-18. “The M.V. Federal Rideau waits on the Maumee River as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge malfunctions. The breakdown blocked traffic more than 2 hours Tuesday.”