NEW ORLEANS, July 23, 2008
Collision Causes Fuel To Spill Into River
Coast Guard Closes 29 Miles Of Mississippi Near New Orleans
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Visitors to the river watch as Coast Guard personnel work to contain a fuel oil spill in the Mississippi River at the Port of New Orleans, July 23, 2008. The Coast Guard closed a section of the river after a tugboat pushing a barge and a 600-foot tanker crashed. (AP PHOTO)
Coast Guard Petty Officer Jaclyn Young says the barge split in half.
The double-hulled tanker was loaded with about 4 million gallons of biodiesel and more than a million gallons of styrene.
But the president of company that manages the tanker says nothing is leaking. Styrene is a liquid used to make plastics and rubber.
Young says the barge was carrying fuel oil and more than 419,000 gallons spilled into the river.
No injuries were reported Wednesday morning in the crash between the Liberian-flagged tanker Tintomara and the tug Mel Oliver.
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- If a million gallons of styrene had caught fire and exploded, Katrina would have instantly become one of New Orleans''s smaller problems!!! Thank God for double hulled tankers.
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