Larger tug to be used to shift grounded ship: ‘We need the larger horsepower’
SYDNEY, N.S. — A tanker remains grounded on the sandy bottom of a Cape Breton bay, as a salvage company readies a more powerful tug after a failed attempt to dislodge the boat Tuesday night.
The bid to refloat and tow the Arca 1 resulted in only minor movements towards deeper water, Olous Boag, vice president of McKeil Marine, said Wednesday.
Boag said the tow was called off shortly after high tide, and it was determined the larger tug Tim McKeil would be required.
He said in an interview the company had hoped that by pumping out the 300 tonnes of ballast water from the tanker, it would have permitted a smaller tug to pull the vessel off the sand north of Sydney Mines, N.S.