Bulk Carrier Loaded With 45,000 Tons Of Salt Runs Aground In Philadelphia

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 owned by Canada-based Algoma Central Corporation and operated under the CSL International Pool by Canada Steamship Lines.

Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector Delaware Bay received the first report of the incident from the pilot aboard the vessel. A response b…

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