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Coast Guard secures leaking well near Mississippi Delta after week-long spill. Cleanup underway
The well, owned by Spectrum OpCo LLC, is located in shallow water off the coast of Plaquemines Parish about 20 miles south of ...
Barge sinks after vessel collision on Mississippi River near New Orleans, U.S. Coast Guard confirms
The Coast Guard says high river levels contributed to a vessel collision on the Mississippi River near New Orleans, causing ...
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Barge sinks after vessels collide on Mississippi River near New Orleans
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to the incident, which comes during a period of elevated river levels "contributing to ...
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Vessels crash on high river, barges break away
The US Coast Guard is working to determine exactly what led to an oil tanker and a tug boat crashing on the Mississippi River ...
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USCG responds to vessel collision, sunken barge near New Orleans
Following the collision, six barges broke free and began drifting down river while one barge loaded with Urea sank. Assist ...
Vessel collision on Lower Mississippi River sinks barge: U.S. Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard is investigating a vessel collision on the Lower Mississippi River that sunk a barge.
Six barges break free, one sinks after collision on Mississippi River near New Orleans
A barge breakaway and sinking temporarily closed part of the Mississippi River near New Orleans after a vessel collision ...
Federal authorities are cleaning up an oil spill in southeast Louisiana
Federal authorities are seeking to contain and clean up the damage from a decades-old oil well in southeast Louisiana that ...
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Barge Sinks in Collision on Lower Mississippi River
A vessel collision resulted in a barge breakaway and one sunken barge on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans on ...
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Vessel collision on Lower Mississippi River sinks barge: U.S. Coast Guard
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The United States Coast Guard is investigating a vessel collision on the Lower Mississippi River that sunk a barge. According to guardsmen, around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday ...