A Dutch tanker has run aground in the St Lawrence Seaway in Canada.

The 17,100-dwt Chem Norma (built 2009) got stuck outside the village of Morrisburg, Ontario, early on Tuesday morning, CBC reported.

An inspector boarded the vessel later that day to assess it, according to the St Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC).

No water ingress or pollution was reported.