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Oil Spill In Mississippi River

Started by gcaptain · 11 months ago

CNN tells us:
The 420,000-gallon oil spill polluting 98 miles of the river happened early Wednesday when a 61-foot barge carrying the fuel collided with a tanker, just north of the massive bridges connecting downtown New Orleans to communities across the river.
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  • JohnG.Denham

    11 months ago

    The August issue of Pacific Maritime Magazine VOX OCEANUS discusses the shortcomings of simulation and the failure of management to resolve the causes of problems. Consequently, until owners/operators and managers are involved and accountable, we shall see more of the same. JGD
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  • Capt Ron

    11 months ago

    Wow!! Issues concerning safety, both human and environmental, is not an area you should be cutting back on when facing financial troubles. Sounds like they rolled the dice and lost.

    I've seen this all over the news today but nice inside exclusive on the story!
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