Tug and Barge Ground in High Winds Off Galveston, Texas
The U.S. Coast Guard is working with contractors and the proprietor of a seagoing tug and empty tank barge Monday, after the vessels turned beached within the neighborhood of East Beach on Galveston Island Sunday throughout remnants of Hurricane Patricia.
The Peter F Gellatly and barge Double Skin 504 grounded after drifting from their anchorage and throughout the Houston Ship Channel. All 6 crew members remained onboard and had been unhurt, studies mentioned.
AIS as of Monday morning confirmed the tug nonetheless ‘stopped’ just some hundred yards from the seashore. Salvage operations had been anticipated to start as soon as climate allowed.
No air pollution has been reported and there are not any studies of harm to both the tug or barge. The barge just isn’t loaded with liquid cargo; nevertheless there are roughly 6,000 gallons of oil waste aboard, saved in smaller tanks on the higher portion of the barge, the Coast Guard mentioned.
Winds on Sunday had been reportedly blowing at about 40 mph.
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