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Disasters at Sea: What has Transport Canada done to improve small tugboat safety?

After 37 accidents in 10 years, critics say the tugboat industry suffers from lax oversight and enforcement

Tori Marlan

1 May 2024 12 min read

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The Syringa tugboat, pushing a load of shake blocks, in B.C.'s Malaspina Strait, 2013.
The Syringa in B.C.'s Malaspina Strait, 2013 (Powell River Tugboats/Blogspot)

Tori Marlan
Tori Marlan

Tori is an award-winning B.C.-based reporter with over two decades of experience focused on long-form investigations and features. Before joining the IJF, she was on staff at Capital Daily and the Chicago Reader.

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