Lake-Ontario

The "Lake Ontario" suffered a total failure of one generator on the St. Lawrence River off Sorel, Quebec, in position 46 00 52.0 N 73 10 31.3 W, on April 18, 2019,at 9 p.m. The crew carried out repairs while the ship was at anchor in Lanoraie, before it resumed its voyage to Montreal where it arrived on April 19.

The "Lake Ontario" suffered a main engine failure on its approach to the anchorage of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec in position 46 03.198N, 073 07.04W, on Oct 2, 2018, at 7.30 p.m. The vessel dropped anchor to assess the problem. No pollution or damage was reported.

The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the case of a Sri Lankan man who jumped ship in Oshawa and was later denied refugee status. Canada’s highest court announced its refusal on June 12. It didn’t, and doesn’t have to, give a reason for the decision. The case involved a man from Sri Lanka who came to Canada aboard a merchant ship. In November 2011, the vessel docked at the Port of Oshawa. The man deserted the ship within days of arriving at the port, “with the intention of seeking refugee protection in Canada,” states a summary from the Supreme Court. But because the man had abandoned ship, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said he was not allowed to enter Canada and a removal order was issued 12 days after he had arrived. Originally from Sri Lanka, the man had boarded the M/V Lake Ontario in Algeria and travelled to three port cities in the Mediterranean Sea before heading to Montreal and Oshawa. According to the appeals decision, the ship docked at the Port of Oshawa on November 27, 2011. A few days later, the ship’s agent wrote to Canadian customs indicating two crewmembers had deserted the ship. One of those said to have deserted was the man from Sri Lanka. The M/V Lake Ontario left Oshawa on December 4, 2011 and headed for the Port of Duluth in Minnesota. http://www.oshawaexpress.ca/viewposting.php?view=6682