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edmertz wrote:Did the Sidsel Knutsen have a pilot aboard when she grounded on the Saint Clair river today ? If so - who is the responsible party for any damages caused by this mishap ?

I can't speak for the responsibility of the parties, but I can say there was a pilot aboard. Pilots must be aboard the salties during river transits, & on other vessels with officers who have insufficient sea time in the rivers. Further, accounts of the incident reference the captain of the vessel & the pilot determining to run the vessel aground to get her out of the shipping channel.

She lost power and dropped anchor. Similar to Agawa Canyon a couple of years ago at Algonac, who, I think, lost steering.

Did the Sidsel Knutsen have a pilot aboard when she grounded on the Saint Clair river today ? If so - who is the responsible party for any damages caused by this mishap ?