USCG updates on Western Rivers situation
JANUARY 4, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard this morning issued an update on the river closures, restrictions and advisories put in place in response to floods in the Midwest. The following
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Overturned barge spills caustic soda into Mississippi
JULY 3, 2015 — U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans says it received a report of a collision between the two towing vessels, American Heritage and David G. Schert, near Vacherie, LA,
USCG responds to multi-vessel Mississippi collision
APRIL 7, 2015 —The Coast Guard is responding to an collision on the lower Mississippi River near Convent, LA. Yesterday at approximately 4:00 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received
Coast Guard responds to multiple vessel collision
AUGUST 13, 2014 — Coast Guard Sector New Orleans is investigating a multiple vessel collision on the Mississippi River, near the Gretna ferry landing, early Wednesday. Watchstanders received a report, late Tuesday
Massive blaze after tug hits pipeline
MARCH 13, 2013 — The Coast Guard is responding to an allision between a tug pushing a barge and a pipeline near Bayou Perot 30 miles south of New Orleans, Tuesday. A
OSG tanker involved in spill of HFO into Mississippi
The U.S. Coast Guard, together with the Louisiana Department of Envrionmental Quality and Plaquemines Parish, is responding to a report of a fuel oil discharge, Tuesday, on the lower Mississippi River near