Electrical problem eyed in grounding of Chem Norma

Damaged electrical components in the steering system may have caused the tanker Chem Norma to run aground on the St. Lawrence Seaway last May.
The 145-metre tanker stayed stuck off Morrisburg “like a boot in mud” for days.
The Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Wednesday that while the precise cause for the temporary failure of the vessel’s steering gear control system could not be determined, a “plausible scenario” is a failure of elect