Baton Rouge

L-ion battery explosion in hand-held radio causes $3 million tanker fire

L-ion battery explosion sequence

The thermal runaway of a cell within a handheld radio’s lithium-ion battery led to a fire on the 106,000 dwt Liberian-flagged oil tanker S-Trust last year resulted in $3 million in damage to the vessel, the National Transportation Safety Board says.

The S-Trust was docked at the Genesis Port Allen Terminal in Baton Rouge, La., on Nov. 13, 2022, when a fire started on the bridge. The fire was caused by one of the cells in a lithium-ion battery for an ultra-high-frequency handheld radio exploding....

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/l-ion-battery-explosion-in-hand-held-radio-causes-3-million-tanker-fire/

CP: All aboard for southern Louisiana passenger rail service

Canadian Pacific will work with local officials to offer passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans in Louisiana should the merger between CP and Kansas City Southern proceed.

CP (NYSE: CP) will open capacity for passenger rail on its owned track and allow one round trip per day to start, according to CP and James Clements, senior vice president of strategic planning and technology transformation. Additional funding would be needed to make capital improvements that would also...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cp-all-aboard-for-southern-louisiana-passenger-rail-service

Flooding shuts down part of I-10 in Louisiana

Cars and trucks on Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Massive amounts of rain have flooded parts of southern Louisiana this week, leading to road closures on U.S. and state routes.

Related: More major flooding expected this week in Deep South

One interstate highway also succumbed to the flooding late Monday night — a section of Interstate 10 just southeast of Baton Rouge.

About a 5-mile stretch remains closed between Siegen Lane and Highland Road, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD) road closure map...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flooding-shuts-down-part-of-i-10-in-louisiana

High water, fast current create problems on the Mississippi and Missouri

The U.S. Coast Guard reopened the waterway closure on the Mississippi River from mile marker 224.5 to mile marker 226 after a vessel sank near Baton Rouge, La., Thursday. General Anchorage remains closed.

A Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge incident management team confirmed an oil sheen in the water. There is a reported potential of 18,500 gals. of fuel aboard the 65’x24′ towboat Michelle Anne. An unknown amount of oil has discharged into the river.

Due to concerns over responder safety...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/high-water-fast-current-create-problems-on-the-mississippi-and-missouri/