OPP working with Coast Guard on spring ice-breaking operations at Goderich

The Canadian Coast Guard, in partnership with the United States Coast Guard and the OPP warned Wednesday (March 25) of potentially unsafe ice conditions in the vicinity of ice-breaking operations and shipping routes in the Great Lakes. Ice-breaking operations to assist commercial shipping are currently under way in various areas of the Great Lakes.
 

A Coast Guard icebreaker, USCGC Hollyhock, will be working to clear a path into the port of Goderich, Thursday, March 26.
 

Dates and routes are subject to change with little or no notice, due to weather, ice conditions, shipping schedules or other unexpected situations.
 

Broken and fragmented icy tracks, left behind by ice-breaking operations and other ship traffic, may not freeze over immediately. Newly-fallen snow may obscure ice-breaker and ship tracks and changes in weather contribute to unsafe ice conditions that may remain long after the ships have left the area.

All ice, on or near the planned shipping routes and ice-breaking operations, should be considered unsafe during and after ship transits through these routes. The Canadian Coast Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard and the OPP are advising everyone to stay clear of these areas.