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 | No one licensed to pilot tug involved in Mississippi oil spill |
 Michael Winter at 07:01 PM/ET, July 23, 2008 in Nation | Permalink
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| Tugs brace two pieces of a barge that spilled an estimated 400,000 gallons of oil after being hit by a tanker early today in New Orleans. Photo by Alex Brandon, AP. |
No one was properly licensed to pilot the tugboat pushing an oil barge that spilled 400,000 gallons of heavy oil after it was split in two by tanker early today in New Orleans, the U.S. Coast Guard says.
Reserve drinking-water supplies may run out later today in several communities after intakes were closed to prevent contamination. A 58-mile stretch of the Mississippi River could remain closed for days as clean-up efforts continue. Crews are trying to keep the oil from drifting farther south, where levee breaks would allow it to seep into wetlands.
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Posted by admin on Friday, July 25 @ 06:28:33 PDT (31 reads)
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| DJ Norilsk Nickel Raises Sunk Metals Barge At Dudinka Port |
Wednesday, July 23, 2008; Posted: 07:38 AM
MOSCOW, Jul 23, 2008 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex)
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The port authority at Dudinka, Norilsk Nickel's only export outlet, announced Wednesday they had raised the barge that had sunk with 2,822 metric tons of copper on June 15.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 23 @ 10:09:56 PDT (6 reads)
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| Oil pours into river after boat collision |
11:26 AM CDT on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS -- The Coast Guard closed a 12-mile stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans after a collision early Wednesday a tugboat pushing one barge and a 600-foot tanker.
Nobody was injured, but more than 419,000 gallons of heavy, almost tar-like fuel oil spilled from the barge, said Lt. Cdr.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 23 @ 10:01:09 PDT (49 reads)
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| Collision closes Mississippi River at New Orleans |
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS --
The Coast Guard closed a 12-mile stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans after a collision early Wednesday between a tugboat pushing one barge and a 600-foot tanker.
No injuries were reported after the crash between the Liberian-flagged tanker Tintomara and the tug Mel Oliver, but the barge split in half and diesel could be smelled at Harrah's casino in New Orleans, Coast Guard Petty Officer Jaclyn Young said.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 23 @ 09:48:26 PDT (20 reads)
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| TITAN Salvage Works Jointly to Successfully Relocate the Sunken World War I Germ |
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| Scaldis' sheerleg Norma. |
(POMPANO BEACH, Fla.; July 22, 2008) TITAN Salvage, Crowley Maritime Corporation's salvage and wreck removal company, reported today that its salvage team along with Scaldis Marine Contractors successfully completed the relocation of a World War I German Submarine named UB38 in the Dover Strait.
The UB38 sank in 1918 after it ran into a minefield while trying to escape British destroyers. The mine exploded between the conning tower and stern sinking the submarine with all 27 hands in what is now the southwest lane of the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme close to Varne Bank. In her two years of operation, the submarine sank 46 allied ships totaling 47,000 tons. Though the submarine has never been considered a danger to navigation in the strait, recently ships with much deeper draft, particularly oil tankers, were causing concern.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 23 @ 09:09:16 PDT (17 reads)
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| Public hearing today on waste proposal by Plaquemines Parish landfill |
by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday July 15, 2008, 6:28 AM
A proposal by a controversial Plaquemines Parish construction debris landfill to begin accepting waste shipped to it by barge on the Hero Canal will face a public hearing before state environmental regulators today.
Industrial Pipe Inc., owner of the facility, was cited for violating its operating permit by accepting its first bargeload of debris from a Chicago landfill through the wrong entrance to the landfill in April, said Tyler Ginn, director of the state Department of Environmental Quality's enforcement division.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 16 @ 07:37:53 PDT (12 reads)
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| One swing for a million bucks |
By Kieran Darcy
Page 2
NEW YORK -- In case you didn't know, there were two home run contests in New York on Monday: the Home Run Derby, and Homers in the Hudson.
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Catalyst Public Relations
As you can see, hitting the glove, let alone the hole, was not an easy task.
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The latter took place at Pier 61 on Manhattan's West Side, overlooking the Hudson River. On a barge, stationed 150 feet away from the pier, stood a 25-foot-tall inflatable bottle of Vitaminwater, topped off by a 5-foot baseball glove with a small hole in the center. The first 200 fans who showed up got the opportunity to take one swing -- and one swing only -- off a tee at the end of the pier. Hit the ball in the hole and you win $1 million.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 16 @ 07:32:40 PDT (20 reads)
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| Crews prepare to remove sunken barge in Dubuque |
July 15, 2008 08:00 EDT
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Crews are working to remove a partially submerge barge from the Mississippi River at the base of a bridge in Dubuque.
The barge is the last remnant of an accident between a tow of 15 barges and a bridge support on the Julien Dubuque Bridge on June 9.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 16 @ 06:27:52 PDT (14 reads)
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| Coast Guard routes river traffic around sunken tug |
by The Times-Picayune
Sunday July 13, 2008, 4:24 PM
A 56-foot tugboat sank in the Mississippi River near Westwego early Sunday, but no injuries were reported, the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard established a mile-long safety zone in the river so that vessel traffic can safely pass around the sunken Ruby E.
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Posted by admin on Monday, July 14 @ 11:18:31 PDT (33 reads)
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| Barge Traffic Resumes on Mississippi River |
Jason Vance jvance@farmprogress.com
July 11, 2008
The Army Corps of Engineers opened the last of the closed locks on the Upper Mississippi River last weekend and barge traffic has resumed. However the three weeks that the river was closed has backed up shipping on the river and it will take some time for traffic to get back to normal. Tom Torretti with Cooper Consolidated in St. Louis says it's hard to tell how long it will take, but he estimates it will be 30 to 45 days.
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Posted by admin on Friday, July 11 @ 09:56:11 PDT (16 reads)
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| Merchant marine slips aboard tugboat, ruptures disc |
Published: July 10, 2008
Plaintiff alleges deck was not skid-proof
The plaintiff, a career merchant marine, was flaking line on the deck of a tugboat when the line got hung up and he felt a pop. The plaintiff, whose average yearly wage at the time was less than $47,000, had surgery to repair a ruptured disk and was out of work for approximately one year.
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Posted by admin on Friday, July 11 @ 07:55:14 PDT (79 reads)
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| Study says tugboats are sootiest for amount of fuel used |
They may be relatively small, but tugboats puff out more soot for the amount of fuel used than other commercial vessels, according to a new study.
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Colorado found that tugboats emit almost a gram of soot per kilogram of fuel burned. Oceangoing tankers and freighters release half a gram of soot per kilogram of fuel burned while at dock and slightly less while moving, according to the study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
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Posted by admin on Friday, July 11 @ 07:35:37 PDT (31 reads)
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| Tulsequah Chief mine tug tips on Taku River |
Company says event not uncommon when passing in a whirlpool
By Kate Golden | JUNEAU EMPIRE
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Posted by admin on Monday, July 07 @ 13:56:23 PDT (44 reads)
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| 2 Mississippi River locks reopen as waters recede |
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers says two navigational locks along the Mississippi River have reopened after being closed because of flooding.
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Posted by admin on Monday, July 07 @ 13:42:24 PDT (17 reads)
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| TITAN successfully refloats grounded ferry Arcangel in Cancun, Mexico |
 
(POMPANO BEACH, Fla.; July 1, 2008) TITAN Salvage reported today that it has successfully refloated a ferry, once grounded in a lagoon just north of Cancun, Mexico and redelivered her to her owners.
The Arcangel, a 350-foot ferry that was no longer in service, was docked at Puerto Morelos when it was blown about a half-mile off its mooring during a severe winter storm in November 2007. A 10-man team, which included TITAN salvage specialists and local Mexican labor, were contracted and began the salvage job on May 19, and the work was concluded a month later.
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Posted by admin on Thursday, July 03 @ 08:22:01 PDT (41 reads)
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| TITAN Salvage positions second jack-up barge for New Carissa wreck in Coos Bay, |
(COOS BAY, Ore.; July 1, 2008) TITAN Salvage began wreck removal operations of the New Carissa last week following weeks of preparation and mobilization in Coos Bay, Ore.
Favorable weather conditions on June 17 allowed TITAN to successfully position a second jack-up barge, the Karlissa B near the New Carissa wreck site. The first jack-up barge, the Karlissa A was positioned at the site in early June.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 02 @ 12:02:19 PDT (33 reads)
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| Crowley's Neah Bay Emergency Response Tug Starts Year-Round Rescue Service |
 (NEAH BAY, Wash.; July 1, 2008) A Crowley emergency response tug began its first day of year-round service today in Neah Bay, Wash.
The emergency response tug will provide assistance to disabled ships and protect the coastline in an unprecedented tour in Washington - providing 365 continuous days of service in an effort to help prevent oil spills in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and along Washington's pristine coastlines.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 02 @ 11:43:53 PDT (28 reads)
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| Mississippi slowly opens to barge traffic |
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to open the Mississippi River to barge traffic as far south as Keokuk, Iowa, by this weekend, but that will not clear the logjam of barges stranded by floodwaters.
Lock & Dam 16 at Muscatine, Iowa, should open today, with Locks & Dams 17, 18 and 19, which are at Keokuk, scheduled to reopen by Saturday.
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 02 @ 10:57:06 PDT (21 reads)
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| Hornbeck reviews its tug and tank barge business |
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COVINGTON, La.:
Supply vessel provider Hornbeck Offshore Services has retained J. P. Morgan Securities to act as its financial advisor in a review of strategic alternatives for its downstream tug and tank barge (TTB) business. The review will consider several possibilities for the TTB business including growth by acquisitions and mergers, potential disposition or monetization of all or a portion of Hornbeck's interests in the TTB business, restructuring transactions under a master limited partnership or simply maintaining the current status of the business segment.
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Posted by jollytar on Thursday, June 12 @ 04:05:55 PDT (130 reads)
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