Federal safety officials started trying to determine what caused the 'Chem Norma' to run aground on the banks of the St
Federal safety officials started trying to determine what caused the 'Chem Norma' to run aground on the banks of the St. Lawrence River while she was travelling from Amsterdam bound for Sarnia, Ontario. In the early morning hours of May 29 it struck land near Morrisburg about 75 km southeast of Ottawa. A pair of marine accident investigators boarded the ship on June 8 and were expected to make at least some of their findings public by next week The ship was pulled free from the bank on June 3, overseen by federal and provincial authorities.
