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Media Advisory: USCG, SLSDC to Host News Conference

MEDIA ADVISORY: COAST GUARD, SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO HOST NEWS CONFERENCE

CLEVELAND -- The U.S. Coast Guard and Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation are scheduled to host a press conference Friday afternoon regarding a 286-foot cruise ship that hit a wall at Eisenhower Lock in the St. Lawrence Seaway near Massena, New York, Thursday night.

The most recent Coast Guard news release about the collision is available here: http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2549658/

  • WHAT: Press conference about Saint Laurent allision
  • WHO: Betty Sutton, Administrator , Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and Lt. Cmdr. Carl Kepper, Supervisor, Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Massena
  • WHEN: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 5 p.m.
  • WHERE: Eisenhower Lock Visitor's Center Security Building, 190 A Barnhart Island Road, Massena, New York, 13662