by Associated Press Published: February 7,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, boating, bridge, cleanup, crude oil, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, emergency, energy, environment, navigation, Oil, oil spill, pollution, river, towboat, transportation, water, wildlife
VICKSBURG — The Coast Guard has completed cleanup of the oil spill near Vicksburg that closed the major shipping channel for days in both directions. After extensive shoreline assessments and cleanup actions, the Coast Guard says it and the Departments of Environmental Quality in Louisiana and Mississippi deemed the cleanup complete yesterday. A 16-mile stretch [...] [...]
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 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 [...] [...]
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 11,2013
Tags: barge, boat, boater, boating, drought, engineer, engineering, maritime, navigation, outdoors, port, river, ship, shipper, shipping, towboat, traffic, transportation, travel, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Barge operators are crediting the hustle by stewards of the Mississippi River for averting a potentially crippling shutdown of the vital commerce artery. Shippers say the Army Corps of Engineers has done all it can to keep the river open. Those efforts include ongoing work to rid a stretch of the river [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 20,2012
Tags: agency, boat, boater, boating, drought, dry, engineer, engineering, federal, government, level, maritime, navigation, port, river, rock pinnacle, ship, shipper, shipping, traffic, transportation, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Crews scooping out Mississippi River bedrock in southern Illinois are making steady progress but have removed just a fraction of the rock pinnacles that are impeding navigation along a stretch of the drought-plagued waterway, an Army Corps of Engineers official said. Excavating machinery had chiseled away 39 cubic yards of rock by [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 19,2012
Tags: barge, boat, boater, boating, drought, dry, engineer, engineering, level, navigation, port, river, ship, shipper, shipping, traffic, transportation, travel, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division commander Maj. Gen. John Peabody and St. Louis District commander Col. Chris Hall met with state and local representatives yesterday in Alton, Ill., to discuss current and future actions the Corps will take to maintain a safe and reliable navigation channel during low [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 17,2012
Tags: agency, barge, boat, boater, boating, Commerce, drought, dry, engineer, engineering, federal, goods, government, lake, level, navigation, port, river, ship, shipper, shipping, traffic, transportation, water
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Amid strong concerns about the declining level of the already low Mississippi River, the Army Corps of Engineers is releasing water from an Illinois lake to add to the flow of the Mississippi. Last Saturday, Corps of Engineers officials began releasing water at Carlyle Lake in southern Illinois, saying the additional water [...] [...]
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