Coast Guard Clears Vessel from Goethals Oil Spill to Depart NYC

Coast Guard Clears Vessel from Goethals Oil Spill to Depart NYC
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard cleared the Dublin Express for departure from New York Container Terminal in Staten Island Thursday morning. The departure was approved following completion of repairs and cleaning of the vessel. The Unified Command, consisting of state and federal agencies and the responsible party, will continue cleanup operations until all impacted parts of the Arthur Kill Waterway...

Cleanup operations for fuel oil discharge on lower Mississippi River complete

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard, along with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Plaquemines Parish, have completed cleanup operations on the lower Mississippi River near mile marker 84, Tuesday, following a fuel oil discharge. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received notification at 10:08 p.m., Monday, reporting that the 803-foot tanker vessel, Overseas Beryl, was...

Coast Guard responds to fuel oil discharge on lower Mississippi River

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard, together with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Plaquemines Parish, is responding to a report of a fuel oil discharge, Tuesday, on the lower Mississippi River near mile marker 84, approximately 10 miles downriver from New Orleans. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received notification at 10:08 p.m., Monday, reporting that the 803-foot...