A pull as well as barge hired by the Navy’s Military Sealift Command ran stranded at Deerfield Beach, Fla., February 3. The barge was lugging ordnance, gas as well as various other products for the Atlantic Undersea Test as well as Evaluation Cente (AUTEC), Bahamas, as well as, according to the Coast Guard, the Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Six (EODMU 6) will securely get rid of the barge of any kind of possible artilleries or ordnance aboard.
The case started when the staff of the 70 foot yank Sea Eagle sent a Mayday phone call, Thursday, at concerning 8:45 p.m., to USCG Sector Miami watchstanders reporting they remained in distress as well as tackling water with 4 individuals aboard.
Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale as well as Customs as well as Border Protection Air as well as Marine Operations rescue teams reacted.
CBP AMO rescue teams showed up on scene as well as got 3 individuals from the connected barge. Station Fort Lauderdale’s staff saved the Sea Eagle‘s captain, that had actually remained behind with the yank.
Sea Eagle‘s staff was rejoined on Station Fort Lauderdale’s vessel as well as were given coast. There were no reported injuries.
The yank is reported to have around 10,000 gallons of gasoline aboard.
The yank ran stranded in Deerfield Beach as well as the barge a couple of hundred lawns north of it in Boca Raton
Sector Miami developed a 1,000-yard river safety and security area as well as a 1,000-foot safety and security area around the website. Shoreside coastline accessibility as well as physical safety and security is being preserved by Deerfield Beach, Boca Raton, as well as Broward County Sheriff’s workplace.
The yank as well as barge are run by NOSAT, Northcliffe Ocean Shipping & & Trading, which is presently collaborating with a salvage firm to securely eliminate the yank as well as barge, as well as tow them to a neighboring port.
According to a NOAA incident report, the salvor maintained is Resolve.