by Associated Press Published: January 31,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, boating, bridge, cleanup, collision, crude oil, emergency, leak, navigation, oil spill, river water, shipping, towboat, transportation
VICKSBURG — The Coast Guard is permitting restricted commercial vessel traffic on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg as crews work to remove oil from a leaking barge, a Guard spokesman said today. Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski said southbound commercial traffic will be allowed to pass through the area during daylight hours and northbound commercial [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 31,2013
Tags: accident, barge, bridge, cleanup, collision, contamination, crude oil, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, environment, leak, navigation, oil spill, pollution, river, shipping, towboat, water, wildlife
VICKSBURG — Water vessels were moving cautiously today through a section of the Mississippi River where a barge was leaking oil as Coast Guard officials attempted to ease the economic impact of shutting down one of the nation’s vital commerce routes. Crews on Wednesday began pumping oil from the leaking barge onto another barge — [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 30,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, boating, bridge, cleanup, collision, crude oil, ecosystem, environment, navigation, oil spill, pollution, river, shipping, towboat, transportation, wildlife
VICKSBURG — The Coast Guard says crews hope to start work today to remove thousands of gallons of oil from a damaged barge on the Mississippi River, but it’s not clear how long that could take or when the river will reopen. A 16-mile stretch of river was closed near Vicksburg for a fourth day [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 30,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, boating, bridge, cleanup, collision, contaminate, contamination, crude oil, ecosystem, environment, leak, oil spill, petroleum, pollutant, pollution, river, shipping, towboat, wildlife
VICKSBURG — With more than 50 vessels idled on the water for a fourth day today, authorities said they still do not know when they will be able to reopen a 16-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to an oil spill. A plan to pump oil from a leaking barge [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, boater, boating, bridge, cleanup, close, closure, collision, contaminate, contamination, crude, ecosystem, energy, environment, gasoline, leak, navigation, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, pollutant, pollute, pollution, river, shipping, towboat, transportation, water, wildlife
VICKSBURG — Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four-dozen vessels stacked up today along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, denied transit as crews feverishly sought to clean up leaking oil spilled in a weekend barge accident. Workers have been skimming oily water around the clock near Vicksburg ever since a barge [...] [...]
EUPORA — Webster County government offices displaced by a recent fire that gutted the 1915-built building opened to the public with limited services at 8 a.m. today at 16 East Fox Avenue in Eupora, according to a release from Beverly Pettigrew Kraft, public information officer, Administrative Office of Courts. Offices of the Webster County Chancery [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 28,2013
Tags: accident, barge, bridge, collision, crude, energy, gasoline, navigation, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, river, shipping, towboat, transportation
VICKSBURG — A barge laden with 80,000 gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge in Vicksburg over the weekend, spilling light crude into the Mississippi River and closing the waterway for miles each way, the Coast Guard said. A second barge was damaged. Although an oily sheen was reported up to three miles downriver from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 10,2013
Tags: accident, class-action lawsuit, contaminate, contamination, court, damage, death, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, loss, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, ppenalty
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Businesses and individuals who claim BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money have been paid more than $1 billion through the company’s class-action settlement with a team of private plaintiffs’ attorneys, court-supervised claims administrator Patrick Juneau said. Juneau said the payments reached the $1-billion mark before the end [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 3,2013
Tags: accident, bench, cobntracvtor, contaminant, contaminatyion, court, crude oil, death, disaster, disaster recoveryu, ecosystem, energy, explosion, fatality, federal government, gasoline, judge, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The Justice Department has reached a $1.4-billion settlement with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Two people with knowledge of the negotiations say Switzerland-based Transocean would pay the money [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2012
Tags: accident, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fuel, gasoline, hospitality, natural gas, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, sheen, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Underwater inspections at the site of BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig disaster have failed to identify the source of a persistent sheen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, officials said yesterday. The Coast Guard and BP both said the recent inspections confirmed that the company’s Macondo well, which blew out [...] [...]
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