Steering has been restored but the 29,700-dwt Juno (built 2011) remains aground under the Thousand Islands Bridge near Alexandria Bay in New York state, the agency said.

As TradeWinds reported yesterday, the incident took place while the handysize bulker was carrying a load of sugar to Toronto.

Coast Guard Petty Officer Levi Reed tells TradeWinds that tugs arrived from Montreal today but re-floating efforts have not begun, as authorities work to determine the safest way to carry out the operation.

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