Tugs MISSOURI and FLORIDA of The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny freed the PAUL R. TREGURTHA ear­ly Thurs­day morn­ing.  The 1,013 foot Great Lakes self-unload­ing bulk car­ri­er ran aground Wednes­day morn­ing in the Rock Cut chan­nel in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

The Great Lakes Tow­ing Company’s Cap­tain Mike Pat­ter­son, cel­e­brat­ing his 25^th year of career employ­ment, lead the assist aboard the MISSOURI.