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Pascal Larose

Pascal Larose

Vice-President, General Manager of Transportation at Groupe Desgagnés, Quebec-based maritime shipping company

Jul 17, 2026

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He says the disruption has been costly.
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Currently, we do have two ships that are stuck in the Persian Gulf.
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In fact, they have entered the Persian Gulf mid-February.
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Their name is Miana Degagné and Rosa Degagné.
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They are... general cargo ship so they can carry any goods like you can even move a prefab house container cars industrial equipment each ship have 17 crew member on board so as we speak those ship are basically loaded ready to exit and we're just trying to find the right time to to do so Hi, my name is Pascal Larose.
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I'm vice president at Transports de Gagné.

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2 Canadian freight ships stuck in Strait of Hormuz for months

Jul 16 · 5m

ChrisHOST
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What's the latest information that you can tell us about the situation?
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Yes.
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Good morning, Chris.
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So, uh, you're right.
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Uh, it's been five months now that we do have two ships, uh, stuck, uh, I'll use the, the word stuck, uh, in this area.
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Uh, we've entered, uh, around mid, um, mid-February not knowing obviously, uh, uh, the, the, what will happen.
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And until that time, we've, uh, we've basically, you're right, we're, we're stuck.
ChrisHOST
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Mm-hmm.

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