According to Mounties the tug was towing the barge from Kitimat to Kemano when it went missing.

Tugboat kitimat accident. VANCOUVER -- Two men are dead after a tugboat incident south of Kitimat police in the area confirmed Thursday afternoon. Adequate stockholding of critical spare parts is essential in the marine industry. The vessel was approximately 35 nautical miles south of the town of Kitimat operating on the Gardner Canal.

Two men are dead and one man has been rescued after a tugboat incident on British Columbias north coast. Less than an hour after midnight around 1240 am police received a call from the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria saying that an emergency beacon had been activated by a tugboat in the Gardner Canal south of Kitimat according to a news release from Kitimat. Two people were killed and a third rescued after a tugboat went missing on the north coast of British Columbia on Wednesday night.

A tugboat owned by Wainwright Marine Services in Prince Rupert was towing a barge in the Gardner Canal 35 nautical miles south of Kitimat where it capsized and the emergency beacon activated. Canadian authorities responded to a tragic tugboat accident in British Columbia early. BC Coroners service confirmed they are investigating two deaths related to a tugboat incident near Kitimat.

Two men are dead and another was rescued from a capsized tugboat off BCs northwest coast in the early morning hours of Feb. An online petition sponsored by the spouse of one of the deceased members of the tugboat crew lost in an incident last month on the Gardener Canal south of Kitimat is trying to get the vessel raised by the Canadian Coast Guard. 11 near Kitimat BC.

Ad Find China Manufacturers Of Parts Of Boat. According to the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in. Thursday the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre received an emergency beacon from a tugboat in the Gardner Canal near Kemano about 75 kilometres southeast of Kitimat.

BC Coroners service confirmed they are investigating two deaths related to the incident near Kitimat. The RCMP say at 1240 am. Few details have been released about the incident but the search efforts were focused on an area 35 nautical miles south of Kitimat BC where a barge being pulled by the tugboat has been found.