Quebec officials say seaway bridges are safe after Baltimore disaster [Video]

Officials in Quebec say there are measures in place to prevent tragedies like the one in Baltimore on Tuesday after a cargo ship flattened the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

At least six people were presumed dead in the aftermath of the tragedy. Surveillance video showed the bridge completely collapse into the Patapsco River after the vessel struck one of the piers.

The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, which runs the shipping route from Montreal to Lake Erie, said it monitors marine traffic 24 hours a day and that the channels are safe “by design.”

“We control the speed of vessels to make sure that the mass of these vessels coming down are under what we call a control zone, basically,” said Jean Aubry-Morin, vice-president of external relations of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, in an interview with CJAD 800.

Marine inspectors also board vessels to inspect them regularly, he added.

Quebec’s transport ministry, which is responsible for several bridges along the St. Lawrence Seaway, said …