Response efforts have been ongoing since a 321-foot barge carrying bunker fuel yesterday slammed into the bridge connecting Galveston with Pelican Island, the site of the Texas A&M Maritime Academy. The barge, the MMLP 321 operated by Martin Petroleum, was reportedly carrying 30,000 barrels of vacuum gas oil.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston said that watchstanders received a report at 9.48 a.m. yesterday that the barge had struck the Pelican Island Causeway Bridge and coordinated the launch...
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