Coast Guard responds to partially sunken tugboat
Containment boom limits diesel discharge from a partially sunken tugboat in Florence, Alabama, July 17, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Marine Safety Detachment Nashville)
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard and partner agencies continued to respond Monday to a discharge of diesel fuel from a partially sunken tugboat near Florence, Alabama.
Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley received notification at...
Coast Guard terminates repeat offender illegal charter
The 31-foot Lady Di, boating near the 15th Street Marina, Fort Lauderdale, Nov. 12, 2021 (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale and Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement officers terminated the voyage of the 31-foot vessel Lady Di, Friday, due to illegally operating as a small passenger vessel near the 15th Street Marina, Fort Lauderdale.
During the boarding,...
Coast Guard response to oil discharge in Jamie Whitten Lock continues
Responders work to contain and recover crude oil from the Jamie Whitten Lock on the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway in Mississippi, Sept. 11, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lieutenant David Schneider)
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is continuing to respond to a crude oil discharge that is contained within the Jamie Whitten Lock at mile marker 412 on the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, Wednesday.
Watchstanders...
Coast Guard responds to oil discharge in Jamie Whitten Lock on the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a crude oil discharge in the Jamie Whitten Lock at mile marker 412 on the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, Sunday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley received a report at 6:46 a.m. from the National Response Center that an unknown amount of crude oil was discharged from a damaged crude oil barge owned by Savage Inland Marine.
The source of...