The 730 foot long, 29261 dwt bulk freighter CSL Tadoussac allided with the pier on the Maumee River at Toledo, Ohio.  The vessel suffered hull damage near its starboard stern puncturing a fuel tank.   The crew quickly transferred the fuel to a different tank.   The amount of pollution released was not reported.  The CSL Tadoussac notified the Coast Guard of the fuel oil leak.  A containment boom was placed around the vessel while responders clean up the fuel spill.  The CSL Tadoussac was delivering 27,000 tons of iron ore to a nearby pier at the time of allision.

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