Coast Guard responds to motor vessel aground on Cuyahoga River in Cleveland

Photo By Chief Petty Officer David Micallef | The motor vessel Sunnanvik, a 406-foot cement carrier, aground on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio June 20, 2025. Sector Eastern Great Lakes received the initial report at 12:43 a.m. of the vessel grounding and immediately launched a Station Cleveland Harbor 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew to establish a security zone. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Micallef)  

CLEVELAND, OHIO, UNITED STATES

06.20.2025

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba 

U.S. Coast Guard District 9

June 20, 2025

CLEVELAND — The motor vessel Sunnanvik, a 406-foot cement carrier, was refloated at approximately 6 a.m., Friday, on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio.

Sector Eastern Great Lakes watchstanders received the initial report of the vessel grounding at 12:43 a.m. and immediately dispatched a 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Station Cleveland Harbor to respond.

The Station Cleveland Harbor boat crew arrived on scene and established a security zone around the grounded vessel.
The Cuyahoga River has been reopened to all vessel traffic.

There were no injuries associated with the vessel grounding.

The Sunnanvik was carrying approximately 3,500 tons of cement at the time of the grounding.

The cause of the grounding is under investigation.

For more information, please contact Lt. j.g. Bridgette Baldwin, Sector Eastern Great Lakes Public Affairs Officer at 716-291-1524 or via email at [e-mail]

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• Date Taken: 06.20.2025
• Date Posted: 06.20.2025 09:48
• Story ID: 501106
• Location: CLEVELAND, OHIO, US