Cruise ship that grounded in Nunavut “sustained major hull damage”: TSB update – Nunatsiaq News
2 May, 2019
Akademik Ioffe released 80 litres of fuel oil after grounding near Kugaaruk
A small amount of fuel spilled when the Akademik Ioffe cruise ship grounded near Kugaaruk last August, according to the Transportation Safety Board.
That’s at odds with the cruise ship’s owner’s earlier reports, which claimed that no fuel spill took place.
And the 117-metre vessel “sustained major hull damage” when it grounded on Aug. 24, the TSB says in an online update for its ongoing investigation.
Three ballast water tanks and two bunker fuel oil tanks were breached and took on water, and about 80 litres of fuel was released, according to information from the TSB.
