The Canadian-owned Great Lakes freighter Roger Blough, which grounded in US waters of Lake Superior on May 27, has been cleared to travel to a shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin for repairs.
Permission was given by the US Coast Guard for the 850-foot vessel to travel down the St Marys River to anchorage in Potagannissing Bay on Lake Huron near DeTour Village, Michigan.
The Roger Blough had run aground on Gros Cap Reef in Whitefish Bay, Michigan and was grounded for more than a week before successful lightering allowed it to be refloated and moved under its own power to anchor at Waiska Bay, Michigan.
Its cargo of iron ore pellets was transferred to other vessels for completion of delivery. It had been en route from the Twin Ports (of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin) to Conneaut, Ohio, when it ran aground.
