Coast Guard opens Mississippi River with safety restrictions after tug boat sinks
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard has re-opened the Mississippi River above Head of Passes after determining it to be safe for navigation, Sunday.
Survey operations are ongoing in an effort to locate the sunken 48-foot tug boat C-Pec between mile marker eight and Head of Passes. Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service Lower Mississippi River will continue to implement vessel traffic management measures to...
Coast Guard closes Mississippi River above Head of Passes after tug boat sinks
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard has closed the Mississippi River above Head of Passes in response to a sunken vessel, Saturday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 12:10 p.m. from a passenger vessel near the 48-foot tug boat C-Pec that capsized and sank in the river at mile marker eight above Head of Passes near Venice.
Sector New Orleans deployed a 29-foot Response...
