Coast Guard to hold public hearing for Bouchard No. 255 Tank Barge incident
The Coast Guard, Texas General Land Office, and Bouchard Transportation representatives respond to an oil discharge in this file photo from October 2017.
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct a formal public hearing July 16 at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston to consider evidence related to an incident that occurred aboard the Bouchard No. 255 Tank Barge.
An explosion, fire, and...
Coast Guard continues response to barge explosion on ship channel in Mobile Bay
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, additional federal, state and local agencies continue to respond to a barge explosion on the ship channel in Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received the initial notification at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday that there was a barge explosion between the George Wallace Tunnel and the Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile Bay. A total of seven explosions...
Coast Guard responds to barge explosion on ship channel in Mobile Bay
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a barge explosion on the ship channel in Mobile Bay Wednesday night.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received the initial notification at 8:40 p.m. reporting the barge explosion between the George Wallace Tunnel and the Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile Bay. A second explosion was reported at 9:10 p.m.
Three burn-related injuries have...
