Bulk Carrier Carrying 45,000 Tons of Salt Runs Aground in Delaware River

The 623-foot motor vessel Algoma Verity ran aground in the Delaware River approximately one mile north of Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Bridge on Wednesday evening.

The grounding occurred at 6:30 p.m. while the vessel was inbound with approximately 45,000 tons of solar salt. As of Thursday afternoon, AIS data showed the vessel remained aground outside the main shipping channel with its status listed as “not under command”.

“There have been no reports of pollution at this time,” Coast Guard officials said. A team from Coast Gu