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Lori B recovered drifting barge

Crewmembers of the "Lori B" on Sep 6 at 10 p.m. came upon a 42-foot wide and 252-foot long barge floating near the navigation channel of the Columbia River in Warrenton and towed it to back to the staging area. The U.S. Coast Guard investigated the incident in which the loaded grain barge was found floating unlit and unmanned in the Columbia River. At approximately 10 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River in Warrenton received a call from personnel at the Tidewater Barge facility indicating that one of their loaded grain barges was missing from the Hayden Island staging area between Portland and Vancouver. Crews from the "Lori B" and another tug, the "Outlaw", inspected the other two staging areas and confirmed all other barges remained securely moored. Upon inspection of the barge’s mooring lines, the Tidewater Barge employee who made the initial report indicated that the mooring cable for the barge was not cut and the ratchets used to hold it in place appeared to have been intentionally loosened.