On 9/29/2001 , the vessel ALEX B. I (Official Number 372092) was involved in a sank - flooding in 200 FEET OFF HAVRE ST PIERRE WHARF, QUE., QUEBEC (QC).

The vessel, with 5 persons on board, experienced the incident while engaged in regular operations. Fortunately, the ship was able to continue its voyage. No injuries or fatalities were reported, and there was unknown pollution.

This incident was officially recorded by Transport Canada on 10/1/2001 . Weather at the time was reported as clear with winds from the N at 0.00 knots.

Around 1000 on 29 September 2001, while the fishing vessel Alex B. 1 was dragging for scallops in fine weather off Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec, water was discovered in the engine compartment. All compartments from the lazarette to the accommodation were flooded. Four bilge pumps were started but the rate of water ingress exceeded the capacity of the pumps.

The scallop drag was hauled aboard and the vessel made for the nearest port, Havre-Saint-Pierre. About one-half nautical mile from the wharf, the main engine stopped. Another fishing vessel, the Andy C, responded to a call for assistance. The Alex B. 1 was then towed into port. Portable pumps were used to pump the vessel dry. While the vessel was aground alongside the wharf at low tide, a hole was discovered in the hull below the waterline on the port side in way of the lazarette.