by Associated Press Published: February 14,2013
Tags: accident, agreement, court, damages, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, justice, law, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, pollution, restaurant, ruling, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has approved Transocean Ltd.’s agreement with the Justice Department to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge and pay $400 million in criminal penalties for its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo accepted Transocean’s plea and imposed the agreed-upon sentence during [...] [...]
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: February 4,2013
Tags: accident, bemch, court, crude oil, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, federal government, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, oil spill, oilrig, seafood, state governent, sue, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — The committee set up to manage most environmental fines going to the states affected by the BP oil spill of 2010 says it will release its plan July 6. The Courier of Houma, La., reports that a seven-page document released last week by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council includes a list [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 1,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, bridge, collision, crude oil, emergrency, evnironment, leak, nevigation, oil spill, pollution, shipping, towboat
VICKSBURG — The Coast Guard says operations continue to remove oil from a leaking barge near Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally said early today that vessel traffic on the river remains restricted through the area. Crews are still trying to pump all the oil from the damaged [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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