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La. officials asking for video of barge striking bridge

Alan Turner — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:59:19 +0000

VICKSBURG — Louisiana officials have informally asked about video from security cameras at the old U.S. Highway 80 bridge where a barge struck the Mississippi River span on March 23, 2011. Vicksburg Bridge Commission superintendent Herman Smith tells the Vicksburg Post the agency has not been served with a subpoena for the video. The highway [...]

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Coast Guard says sunken barge no risk to river traffic

Associated Press — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:03:39 +0000

VICKSBURG — Authorities say the barge that sank after hitting a bridge on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg poses no dangers to shipping or the environment. Coast Guard Capt. Bill Drelling said today that the barge is in 80 feet of water so there’s no risk of other barges hitting it. No decision has been [...]

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River reopens after towboat hits I-20 bridge

Associated Press — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:12:03 +0000

VICKSBURG — The Mississippi River re-opened this morning in Vicksburg after barges hit the old U.S. Highway 80 railroad bridge. Coast Guard Lt. Ryan Gomez says that there was enough water covering a barge that sank yesterday to allow other vessels to safely pass through. After the river re-opened at 9:30 a.m. CDT, the coast [...]

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Barge accident closes river, but flooding bigger worry

Associated Press — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:13:11 +0000

VICKSBURG — The Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River at Vicksburg after barges hit a railroad bridge there yesterday and about 30 barges broke free from the towboat “Captain Buck Lay.” Nine towboats — six bound upriver and three heading downriver — with a total of 134 barges were waiting to get through yesterday evening, [...]

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Mat Sinking Unit docks after long, extended season

MBJ Staff — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:25:49 +0000

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District’s (Corps) Mat Sinking Unit (MSU), has completed an extended mat-sinking season. This revetment season included a larger than normal program with critical repairs being made to sites damaged as a result of the 2011 historic flood. During this longer, eight-month, revetment season, the MSU placed [...]

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Coast Guard lacks assets to respond to emergency on river

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:40:30 +0000

VICKSBURG — After a two-barge tow carrying 1.5 million gallons of oil hit the U.S. Highway 80 bridge in the early morning hours of Jan. 27, Coast Guard officials had to rely on a Vicksburg industry to respond. “We don’t have a specific search and rescue presence here in Vicksburg,” said Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Walthour [...]

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Towboat company paying for post-accident bridge inspection

Associated Press — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:58:37 +0000

VICKSBURG — A towboat company that owns the barges that struck a Mississippi River bridge in Vicksburg will be billed $2,200 for the span’s post-accident inspection. A two-barge tow pushed by the towboat Natures Way Endeavor, based in Theodore, Ala., struck the bridge at about 1 a.m. Jan. 27, causing one of the barges to [...]

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U.S. Senate caucus forms to focus on Mississippi River

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:21:52 +0000

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A bipartisan Mississippi River Caucus is being launched in the U.S. Senate in an effort to encourage commerce and address issues such as flood mitigation and navigation concerns. Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri and Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa announced plans for the caucus today. It will also seek to [...]

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Crews complete cleanup of oil that shut down river

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:40:33 +0000

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 [...]

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Cleanup work continues on leaking oil barge

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:31:07 +0000

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 [...]

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