Cargo ship re-floated after getting stuck in Delaware River: 'We still have work to do'
PHILADELPHIA - Crews are making progress several days after a massive cargo ship became grounded in Philadelphia's Delaware River.
The Alogma Verity bulk carrier was successfully re-floated on Saturday after it got stuck Wednesday while hauling 45,000 tons of solar salt.
It was safely moored about two miles north of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge at the Tioga Marine Terminal.
"The vessel is now well out of the channel, but we still have work to do to get the Algoma Verity safely out of the port," said Capt. Kate Higgins-Bloom, captain of the port and commander of Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay.
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The grounded 623-foot cargo ship turned into somewhat of a tourist attraction along the banks of the Delaware River.
"We usually just do our daily walk here in Penn Treaty and heard the boat ran aground and wanted to see what’s going on and why it’s not moving," said Dimitri Krasnopolsky of Fishtown.
The Coast Guard says a new safety zone has been established to restrict traffic around the ship.
The cause of the grounding is still under investigation.