A two-mile stretch of the Mississippi River is closed today after a Stolt-Nielsen chemical carrier collided with a tug towing a salt barge and sent the barge to the bottom on Monday, the Coast Guard said.
The 24,000-dwt Stolt Creativity (built 1997) collided with the tug Norb Whitlock near Geismer, Louisiana, around 1 pm local time on Monday, sending one of the 16 barges under tow to the bottom, the Coast Guard said.
Authorities closed the river between mile marker 182 and 184 pending a search to determine the location of the sunken barge, and whether navigation is safe through the area.
Both vessels were traveling up river when the accident occurred. There was no report of pollution or injury and the accident is under investigation, the Coast Guard said.
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