Coast Guard responds to oil spill in New Bedford
BOSTON — Coast Guard and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection crews responded Thursday to an oil spill in New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England’s Command Center received a report from the National Response Center reporting an oil spill pushing up against the docks and other fishing vessels at Leonard’s Wharf.
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Coast Guard continues to respond to diesel fuel spill in New Bedford Harbor
BOSTON — The investigation into the source of the diesel fuel spill into New Bedford Harbor continues today as U.S. Coast Guard crews, along with New Bedford, Mass., port officials, state emergency responders and a private cleanup contractor concluded diesel-fuel sheen clean-up efforts in New Bedford Harbor on Friday afternoon.
Investigators from the Coast Guard and the Massachusetts Department...
Coast Guard responding to sheen in New Bedford Harbor
BOSTON – U.S. Coast Guard crews along with port partners responded to reports of a diesel-fuel sheen in New Bedford Harbor, Mass., after receiving a report at 8 a.m., Thursday.
The area impacted is located south of the Fish Island Bridge on the west side of the harbor.
Working to determine the source of the sheen are crews from:
U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment New Bedford
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