On 18 June 2023, the manned submersible commonly referred to as Titan, with five people on board, was diving to the Titanic wreck site 372 nautical miles south-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian-flagged cargo vessel Polar Prince that had been used to transport the submersible to the site was providing surface support to the submersible as it dove.
On 23 May 2023, the bulk carrier Cuyahoga reported having sustained a fire in the engine room while navigating on Lake Erie, Ontario, with 20 people on board. The crew attempted to activate the fixed fire extinguishing system.
The vessel lost propulsion and dropped anchor near Kingsville, Ontario. There were no reported injuries. The TSB is investigating.
On 23 March 2023, the roll-on/roll-off ferry Atlantic Vision was unmooring in preparation to enter the dry dock at Les Méchins, Quebec. During the unmooring operations, one of the mooring lines was released from the dock into the water to be winched back onto the vessel. The line was drawn into one of the vessel’s bow thrusters and wrapped around the rotating thruster propeller shaft, causing the line to rapidly pull through the mooring winch on the forward mooring deck.
On , a crew member aboard the Canadian naval auxiliary supply vessel Asterix sustained serious injuries during mooring operations in Busan, Republic of Korea. The injured crew member was subsequently evacuated and transported to a local hospital.
On the morning of 02 July 2023, the passenger ferry Svanoy, loaded with passengers and vehicles, departed the ferry dock at Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Quebec, for its scheduled run to the dock at L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec, located on the St. Lawrence River. Visibility was restricted due to dense fog.
On , a crew member on board the bulk carrier Golden Zhejiang was injured following the accidental release of a free-fall lifeboat while the vessel was anchored in the Trincomali Channel, British Columbia.
The Canadian Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue provided assistance. The injured crew member was transported to hospital.
The TSB is investigating.
On , the fishing vessel Silver Condor, with six crew members on board, sank in the St. Lawrence River off Gros-Mécatina, Quebec.
On , the cargo vessel Sivumut was anchored in Frobisher Bay, Nunavut, transshipping cargo to Iqaluit, Nunavut, using barges and tugs.
