A tugboat tries to release the MV Maccoa after it ran aground in the St. Lawrence River in Vercheres, Que., on Dec. 27, 2024. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
The Canadian Coast Guard announced this morning that a change of strategy is underway to free the ship that ran aground on Christmas Eve on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec.
An attempt to refloat the ship using a team of tugboats that was launched on Friday has not worked, the coast guard says.