Since March 2011, the old Mississippi River bridge in Vicksburg has been struck by barge traffic on the Mississippi River five times. That many impacts explain why the bridge is the most-impacted on the Mississippi River, according to figures from the U.S. Coast Guard. Since the 1970s, when statistics started being kept, the bridge has [...] [...]
The U.S. Coast Guard has presented a Certificate of Valor to Gulfport firefighter Lawrence Burkhalter. The Coast Guard says in a news release that Burkhalter is being honored for his efforts in the rescue of a State of Mississippi port employee. Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Ponte, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Gulfport, says on [...] [...]
Port boss: Not likely diverted traffic would head to Gulfport One of the State Port of Gulfport’s nearest competitors is under the threat of flooding from the Mississippi River. But unless projections by the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard change, the Port of New Orleans will be able to handle its [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 6,2010
Tags: Alabama, Barack Obama, Bill Salvin, BP, Brett/Robinson Vacations, british petroleum, Daryl Carpenter, Doug Suttles, Flora-Bama Lounge, Florida, Frank Besson, Gulf Coast, gulf of mexico, Guy Cantwel, John Curry, Larry Schweiger, Louisiana, Mississippi, National Wildlife Federation, Nez Coupe Souvenir & Tackle, Pensacola, Perdido Key, Rear Adm. Mary Landry, Steve Ownesby, Transocean Ltd, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Vincent Van Gogh, Wild Well Control
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — With success uncertain, a boat carrying a 100-ton concrete-and-steel contraption designed to siphon off the oil fouling the Gulf of Mexico arrived at the scene Thursday in an unprecedented attempt to cap a blown-out well spewing hundreds of thousands of gallons a day. Another boat with a crane would [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 5,2010
Tags: Alabama, Barack Obama, Bill Salvin, BP, Brett/Robinson Vacations, british petroleum, Daryl Carpenter, Doug Suttles, Flora-Bama Lounge, Florida, Frank Besson, Gulf Coast, gulf of mexico, Guy Cantwel, John Curry, Larry Schweiger, Louisiana, Mississippi, National Wildlife Federation, Nez Coupe Souvenir & Tackle, Pensacola, Perdido Key, Rear Adm. Mary Landry, Steve Ownesby, Transocean Ltd, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Vincent Van Gogh, Wild Well Control
NEW ORLEANS — The best short-term solution to bottling up a disastrous oil spill threatening sealife and livelihoods along the Gulf Coast should be arriving on Wednesday in the form of a specially built giant concrete-and-steel box designed to siphon the oil away. Crews for contractor Wild Well Control were putting the finishing touches Tuesday [...] [...]
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