Another barge adrift in Vancouver prompts speedy coast guard response

May 7, 2024 | 5:37 PM

VANCOUVER — Another barge went adrift in Vancouver’s English Bay, prompting a quick response from the Canadian Coast Guard.

A spokeswoman for the agency says it received the report around 2:30 p.m. and two crews from its Kitsilano base responded within minutes. 

Michelle Imbeau says those crews, with the help of a vessel from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, were able secure the 200-foot commercial barge in place and prevent it from going onto the beach while they waited for commercial tugs. 

She says two Seaspan tugs arrived around 3:15 p.m. and were able to re-secure the barge.