Tanker runs aground in Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

Tanker runs aground in Chesapeake and Delaware Canal The U.S. Coast Guard said a 600-foot tanker ran aground in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at about 10 p.m. Monday night near the St. George Bridge, 30 miles south of Philadelphia.
   No injuries to the 21-person crew or to the environment were reported. The ship was carrying 195,000 barrels of fuel oil.
   The tanker, the Liberian-flagged Tuchkov Bridge, was freed and moved to an anchorage off Reedy Point Tuesday.
   Members of the Coast Guard, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the New Jersey State Police responded to the grounding.