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Marine transportation safety investigation M25C0167
The occurrence
On 16 July 2025, six cars were aboard the cable ferry Paule II. After a two-minute crossing, the drivers were instructed to disembark. As the third and fourth cars drove over the shore ramp, a gap gradually opened between it and the vessel.
Table 2. Details of occurrences, losses and vessels involved by region, July 2025
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Table 1. Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved), July 2025
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Marine Transportation Safety Advisory Letter 03/25
August 5, 2025
President and owner
Ovatek Inc.
2256 Industrielle Street
Bas-Caraquet NB E1W 5Z2
TSB is deploying a team of investigators following an accident involving passenger vessel Harbour Princess
Marine transportation safety investigation M25C0148
The occurrence
On 03 July 2025, the general cargo vessel Kathy McKeil was approaching the Superior Elevator dock in Thunder Bay, Ontario. During mooring operations, a crew member was being transferred to the dock using a landing boom—an apparatus designed to transfer personnel from the vessel to shore. During the transfer, the crew member handling the landing rope lost his grip, causing the other crew member to fall into the water.
Marine transportation safety investigation M25P0108
The occurrence
On 05 June 2025, at approximately 1520 Pacific Daylight Time, the master and a deckhand on the landing craft Duu Guusd were using a skiff to go from shore to the moored Duu Guusd when the skiff capsized off Kiusta, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Both the master and the deckhand fell into the water, which was approximately 10 °C. Both were wearing personal flotation devices.