(Photo: Dave Tugwood/Facebook- Save Picton Bay) It is still unknown what caused the truck to enter into the water from the barge, but Transport Canada Marine Safety inspectors have been gathering information regarding the incident in order to verify compliance with applicable regulations under the Canada Shipping Act of 2001.A barge partially sank near Picton Terminals in Picton Bay Friday. On December 9, divers sealed a leaking fuel line and underwater video imagery was used to formulate the plan to remove the truck. Special vacuums were also used to collect products that were in the water. When the incident occurred last week, the Canadian Coast Guard responded, deploying a floating barrier to contain any product leaking from the truck. “They haven’t lifted the drinking water advisory yet so we are continuing to truck in water, but we are expecting it to be lifted tomorrow (December 22),” Killarney Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Gilles Legault told The Expositor. The DFO had nothing new to report as of press time on Monday, but did state that continued water sampling has been taking place.Īlso as of press time on Monday, the Sudbury and District Health Unit hadn’t lifted the drinking water advisory for the Killarney Channel area that it placed on December 8 for area residents who take their water directly from the Killarney Channel or from wells supplied by the channel. The barge was cleaned of residual oils originating from the truck and boomed off for the evening.” The tug and barge combination then backed down the channel and positioned itself at the off load position where operations were stopped for the evening due to onset of darkness. The vehicle was then re-rigged and lifted to the deck of the barge. The truck had settled on its side, so the recovery operation first required that the truck be rotated back onto its wheels.
Divers from Galcon Marine Limited attached rigging installed on the truck earlier in the week.
“The recovery operation started at 9:15 am (on December 18) with the arrival of the tug Ecosse and barge Canadian Jubilee, which was equipped with a Manitowoc 999 crawler crane.
“McKeil Marine Limited and Nadro Marie Services Limited are pleased to report the successful recovery of a Kamatsu 465-7 off highway truck from the Killarney Channel,” said a press release issues from McKeil Marine. Shortly after 4 pm (last Friday) the truck was safely on the barge.”
GALCON MARINE DRIVERS
Drivers entered the water on Friday, December 18 to connect the truck to the crane and extra counter-pollution measures were put in place. “There was a small amount of pollution during the lift, which was expected, and that pollution has been contained by responders including the Canadian Coast Guard. “The large dump truck that fell from a barge and into the Killarney Channel on December 7 has been safely removed by McKeil Marine (the salvage company hired to remove the vehicle),” Carol Launderville, communication advisor with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), told The Expositor. KILLARNEY-The dump truck that fell off a barge into the Killarney Channel last week has been removed from the water.
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