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DETROIT − A large freighter longer that two-football fields and carrying 21 tons of salt ran aground Wednesday morning in the Detroit River near an island along the U.S.-Canada border.
The ship, the MV Mark W. Barker, ran aground not far from Belle Isle, a small island in between Detroit and Windsor, Canada, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Detroit sector said. No injuries, pollution or damage was immediately reported.
At least one commercial tugboat, the Pennsylvania, was headed to the ship and expected to reach the freighter just after 11 a.m., the Coast Guard said. It was not immediately clear when the ship would be refloated.
The river remained open to all boat traffic Wednesday morning, the Coast Guard said.
A live stream appeared to show the bow of the MV Mark W. Barker stuck near a grassy area with a dock.
How did the ship get stuck?
“The cause of how it ran aground is still being determined,” Coast Guard Lt. Cameo Ulbricht told the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network.
Ulbricht said that the ship was not blocking shipping channels was “the best-case scenario,” and would allow the ship’s crew and Coast Guard more time to make an alternate plan to refloat the vessel if the tugboat was unable to free the freighter right away.
What to know about the MV Mark W. Barker, ship stuck in Detroit River
The MV Mark W. Barker, a 639-foot freighter built starting in August 2019, is the first large bulk carrier built on the Great Lakes and the first for use on the Great Lakes since 1981.
The ship, named after the company’s current president, went on its first journey in July 2022, the USA TODAY Network’s Detroit Free Press reported in September.
Previously from the Detroit Free Press:New M/V Mark W. Barker freighter is first of its kind built on Great Lakes
Watch live stream: Ship stuck in Detroit River
Photos of the MV Mark W. Barker, before and after getting stuck
Contributing: Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press; Jay Cannon, USA TODAY
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