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(See also Coast Guard news items on the Wheelhouse Report Coast Guard page, updated 23 July 2008.)


Coast Guard: Nobody properly licensed on tug
The US Coast Guard says no one was properly licensed aboard a tugboat that hit a tanker early Wednesday, resulting in a major oil spill on the Mississippi River.
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 23 July 2008

Coast Guard routes river traffic around sunken tug
A 56-foot tugboat sank in the Lower Mississippi River near Westwego LA early Sunday, but no injuries were reported.
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 13 July 2008

2 Mississippi River locks reopen
The last of the Mississippi River navigation locks that were closed to barge traffic because of flooding have reopened.
Chicago Tribune, 05 July 2008

Crumbling locks, dams could cause catastrophe

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 04 July 2008

Ship pilot to retire as probe into crash continues
The pilot at the helm of the container ship Cosco Busan when it struck a bridge support tower in the San Francisco Bay last year has decided to retire rather than testify in an upcoming hearing on his conduct.
San Francisco Chronicle, 01 July 2008

Mississippi slowly opens to barge traffic
The US Army Corps of Engineers expects to open the Mississippi River to barge traffic as far south as Keokuk, Iowa, by this weekend, but that will not clear the logjam of barges stranded by floodwaters.
Quad-City Times, 30 June 2008

Mississippi flooding closes St. Louis to barges
Flooding on the Mississippi River has closed the St. Louis harbor to barge traffic.
Reuters, 30 June 2008

Flooding hinders barge cleanup
After nearly three weeks, attempts to extract a barge submerged in the Mississippi River have been delayed by flooding downriver.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 28 June 2008

Bad year for barges: At least 100 still stranded in port
More than 100 barges are stranded in Winona's commercial harbor, waiting for the reopening of Mississippi River locks and dams that have been closed due to flooding in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.
Winona Daily News (MN), 28 June 2008

Barge crane slices Ohio River power line
A power outage that hit Huntington WV just before noon Friday was caused by a barge boom crane that wasn't as low as it needed to be.
Herald-Dispatch (WV), 27 June 2008

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