The FFAW has serious concerns following news that the Baltic III has sustained further structural damage as the result of harsh weather conditions over the last week.

According to the Canadian Coast Guard, there is a much more noticeable buckle in the hull now, and the bow and stern were moving independently of each other as waves crashed against it.

The union met with the ship’s owners and salvage officials a few weeks ago to urge immediate cleanup before the onset of winter conditions, stressing that a delay could lead to “the exact scenario now unfolding.”

the industry relations representative with the FFAW, Katie Power, says they made it clear that waiting would turn a “bad situation into a disaster.”

Now, Power describes the vessel as a “ticking environmental time bomb,” saying a

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