No spill from tanker that struck pier along Mississippi
There've been no reports of oil pollution from a Maltese-flagged tanker that struck a pier Jan. 4 on the west bank of Mississippi River in Westwego, La., the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement.
Observers reported a three-foot gash above the waterline on the port (left) side of the 793-foot vessel 'Tsunami,' which was carrying an estimated 20 million gallons of sweet crude oil.
Contracted clean-up workers have been containing a minor sheen of caustic soda that leaked into the Mississippi from broken piping at the pier. No injuries occurred ashore or on the 'Tsunami,' the Coast Guard said.
No spill from tanker that struck pier along Mississippi
