Fuel-laden tanker adrift off Haida Gwaii

A 135-metre container ship laden with hundreds of tonnes of bunker and diesel fuel is adrift off the west coast of Haida Gwaii, says the Canadian Forces’ Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria.

The Russian container ship Simushir is about 25 kilometres off Tasu Sound, according to the centre. 

The Canadian Coast Guard says the ship was incapacitated in gale force winds early this morning around 1:30 a.m. PT.

Ship’s captain injured

Eleven people are on board, and Canadian Forces Acting Sub.-Lt. Ron MacDougall said a helicopter has been dispatched to remove the ship’s captain, who is injured.

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