Coast Guard monitoring tug, barge following grounding near Cordova, Alaska

Coast Guard monitoring tug, barge following grounding near Cordova, Alaska
VALDEZ, Alaska — Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Valdez personnel responded Wednesday afternoon to a 77-foot integrated tug and barge grounded on the Gulf of Alaska coast, 60 miles southeast of Cordova, Alaska. The owner of the 77-foot integrated tug and barge Hook Point-Alaganik, contracted Alaska Marine Response, LLC, to place boom, remove fuel from the vessel and prepare salvage plans. Heavy fog...