On the morning of 15 October 2025, the oil and chemical tanker Kivalliq W., with 19 crew members on board, began loading product in its cargo tanks via a ship-to-ship transfer of kerosene from the tanker Tuvaq W. in Baker Lake, Nunavut. During the transfer, the crew members on both vessels felt a vibration and observed a mist of product erupting from the forward starboard side of the Kivalliq W.
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On 06 September 2025, the cargo vessel Thamesborg, with 17 people on board, ran aground on an uncharted shoal in the Franklin Strait, Nunavut.
The vessel sustained significant damage and experienced water ingress in several compartments. The vessel was later refloated and proceeded to Baie-Comeau, Quebec.
No injuries or pollution was reported. The TSB is investigating.
