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U.S. and Canadian officials are investigating after a 689-foot ship collided with an underwater object and began taking on water in Lake Superior, the US Coast Guard says.
A plate was welded over a four-metre-long rupture, and water has been removed from the hull of the Great Lakes bulk carrier.
The US Coast Guard said it suspects fatigue or structural failure as the cause of the laker taking on water Saturday, though it hasn't ruled out the ship struck an underwater object.
We almost lost a Laker for the first time in nearly 50 years after it hit a submerged object. The water depth in that area is 500-700 feet deep. What could it have hit?
Michipicoten took on water after crew heard 'loud bang' in the middle of Lake Superior