A Bahamas-registered bulk carrier carrying around 45,000 tons of solar salt ran aground in the Delaware River on January 8, 2025.
The incident happened around 6:30 p.m., about one mile north of Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Bridge, while the ship was heading northbound to Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania.
The grounded ship, identified as the 623-foot Algoma Verity, is a Supramax self-unloading bulk carrier with a deadweight capacity of 50,259 metric tons.
It is...