Second attempt to free ship stuck in Saint Lawrence River could take place Wednesday [Video]

A second attempt to free a ship that ran aground on Christmas Eve in the Saint Lawrence River northeast of Montreal could take place Wednesday morning.

The Canadian Coast Guard says part of the ship’s cargo of corn has been unloaded onto a barge, and a second barge is in transit toward the ship, with another unloading to be completed Tuesday morning.

The corn is being unloaded to lighten and help refloat the Cyprus-flagged 185-metre bulk carrier, which ran aground in the early hours of Dec. 24 near Verchères, Que., after a power failure.

The unloading operation was supposed to start last week, after a failed attempt to free the ship late last month, but it was postponed until the weekend because it took longer than expected to prepare the barges in Quebec City.

More than 3,000 metric tonnes of corn must be off-loaded to get the ship floating, and …