NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard responded to a discharge of oil from a tanker ship on July 29 on the Lower Mississippi River near Kenner, La. CG Sector New Orleans was notified about 6 p.m. that the vessel Hafnia Rhine discharged oil during a fueling operation with the barge Ama Anchorage at mile marker 115. The CG dispatched pollution responders to the scene. The Hafnia Rhine crew secured the oil discharge, but CG investigators estimated up to 2,100 gallons entered the water and contaminated as many as 60 barges in the area. The National Response Corporation and Environmental Safety and Health Consulting Services were hired as oil spill removers. Some 2,700 feet of containment boom and 3,320 feet of sorbent boom was placed around the affected area including the contaminated vessels and have utilized the use of sorbents to recover oil product. There have been no reports of impact to wildlife. The cause remains under investigation. (Source: CG 07/30/22)
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