Tanker Cleaned Offshore with Minimal Delays
This news release is reprinted with permission of the Port of New Orleans.
Mississippi River remains open and unrestricted
Update no. 9-- A tanker heading upriver requested to be cleaned this morning after encountering oil. The tanker was cleaned by two offshore work boats outfitted with fire hoses. The cleaning process took about 30 minutes to complete, and was conducted roughly 4 miles away from the entrance to the Mississippi River at Southwest Pass around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The tanker was inspected further after it entered Southwest Pass, where two launch vessels equipped with pressure washers are stationed to conduct more detailed cleaning while the ship is slowly moving upriver. No oil was detected at the second cleaning site and the vessel proceeded upriver.
The tanker was not calling the Port of New Orleans, but was headed to another facility elsewhere on the lower Mississippi River.
A few other vessels were inspected this morning but did not require cleaning.
The Mississippi River remains open to maritime traffic, and no ship calls have been canceled because of the spill.
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