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No salvage before water level has dropped
The owner of the "Vincent J. Eymard" was working with a salvage company to pull the vessel from the river bottom. But Eymard Brothers Towing of Harvey waswaiting first until water levels drop in the river which was in high water conditions due to floodwater from upriver and has been approaching its crest in different parts of the Baton Rouge region. Once water levels have dropped, the owner of the tugand the salvage company will assess river conditions and begin removal. Forecasts from the U.S. National Weather Service in Slidell indicated the river at Donaldsonville was still rising on March 19 and wasn't expected to crest until 7 p.m. Tuesday at 32 feet. The river won't fall below the minor flood stage in Donaldsonville until sometime on March 29. The "Vincent J. Eymard" was pulling an empty barge when it capsized on March 16 shortly before 9:30 p.m. near where Bayou Lafourche joins the river next to Donaldsonville, shutting a four-mile section of the Mississippi for 12 hours on Saturday. Crew members escaped to another towboat, which also took control of the Eymard's barge. The tug capsized near mile marker 175, about a half-mile downstream from the water intakes for the city of Donaldsonville's water system and for the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District, online marker maps show. But the Eymawreck rd was found on March 18 nearly a mile farther upstream from the water intakes, at mile marker 176.4. While the river closure was lifted on March 17, the Coast Guard limited river traffic on Marc 18 to one direction for about a half-mile on either end of the sunken tug.
Wreck on river bottom located
The US Coast Guard continued its response to the "Vincent J. Eymard" on the Lower Mississippi River near Donaldsonville, Louisiana, on March 18. The wreck has been located at mile marker 176,4 on the Lower Mississippi River. The waterway closure from mile marker 177 to 173 has been lifted. A waterway restriction had been issued from mile marker 175,9 to mile marker 176,9 requiring one-way traffic. The Coast Guard has used the Louisiana Waterways Warning Network to notify cities and parishes that have water intakes below the location on the Lower Mississippi River of the incident so they could be aware of the situation. here were no reports of pollution or environmental impacts due to the incident. The cause of the incident was under investigation.
Tug capsized on Mississippi
The "Vincent J. Eymard" pulling an empty barge capsized in the morning of March 17, 2018, forcing the closure of a four-mile stretch of the Mississippi River. The tug capsized some time before 9:30 a.m. but the crew was able to escape to another tug, the "Ellysa" with no injuries. The "Ellysa" also took control of the one empty barge that the "Vincent J. Eymard" was towing. The Coast Guard has closed the Mississippi between mile markers 177 and 173. The tug capsized near mile marker 175. The Coast Guard was investigating the cause of the incident, but the river was in high-water conditions and was expected to hit its crest in Baton Rouge this weekend. The wreck had about 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board, but the Coast Guard said there were no reports that the fuel was leaking.
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