A bulk carrier ran aground in the St. Lawrence River in 2012 because the fatigued pilot did not realize a navigation buoy had been removed for the winter and he missed a course change, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said. The 606-foot Tundra grounded Nov. 28, 2012, and was refloated Dec. 5. The vessel, with a load of soybeans, sustained minor damage. In the three days prior to the incident, the pilot had been assigned to pilot two vessels upbound from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, to Montreal. One assignment was Nov. 25, during his 10 scheduled days off, and the other was Nov. 27, his first day back.
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