EIN News: Mississippi Accidents News http://www.einnews.com/mississippi/newsfeed-mississippi-accidentsConstantly updated news and information about world affairs. Some of the nation's worst maritime oil spills http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180201604 25 Jul 2008 08:33 GMT ... spills Nov. 8, 2007 - A cargo ship, the Cosco Busan, strikes the San Francisco-Oakland ... million gallons of crude oil on the Mississippi River, closing about 26 miles of the ... 1993 - A freighter and two barges collide in a Tampa Bay shipping channel, spilling ... Mississippi River remains closed http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180201364 25 Jul 2008 08:29 GMT ... from traversing a closed stretch of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf ... that spilled when a barge and tanker collided. Besides those stopped along the major waterway, ... tugboat towing the barge in Wednesday morning's crash did not have a properly licensed pilot, ... Mississippi may take days to open after spill http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180199797 25 Jul 2008 07:59 GMT ... NEW ORLEANS -- Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up ... Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more ... 59 ships held up on Mississippi during oil cleanup http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180198959 25 Jul 2008 07:36 GMT ... from traversing a closed stretch of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf ... that spilled when a barge and tanker collided. Besides those stopped along the major waterway, ... tugboat towing the barge in Wednesday morning's crash did not have a properly licensed pilot, ... Crews scramble to clean up massive spill on Mississippi http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180197643 25 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT ... A sheen of oil coated the Mississippi River for nearly 100 miles from New ... Mexico on Thursday, after a fuel-laden barge collided with a heavy tanker the day before. ... oil that spilled into the nation's busy shipping waterway. Only 6,900 gallons of oil had ... A voice in the desert http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180197636 25 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT ... calculates that diverting the equivalent of three Mississippi Rivers inland would do the trick. He ... The private sector yawned. Then oil prices exploded. Hodges saw his shot to lift his ... Earth's ecosystems has convinced him that the planet is in peril. He's determined to help ... Crews clean oil from shut stretch of Mississippi http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180194356 25 Jul 2008 07:05 GMT ... Crews clean oil from shut stretch of Mississippi By ALAN SAYRE - Associated Press Writer ... pushing a barge and a 600-foot tanker crashed. The fuel oil barge was carrying number ... oil spilled from a barge when it collided into a tanker Wednesday. Young says it ... Ships chaos as oil spill paralyses Mississippi http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180192676 25 Jul 2008 06:56 GMT ... Ships chaos as oil spill paralyses Mississippi 25/07/2008 - class='storybody'>Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical ... of the Mississippi River today, after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more ... Massive oil spill on Mississippi covers river for nearly 100 miles http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180192583 25 Jul 2008 06:56 GMT ... 9:58 p.m. PT Massive oil spill on Mississippi covers river for nearly 100 miles NEW ... nearly a decade, after a fuel-laden barge collided with a heavy tanker the day before. ... and petrochemical facilities dependent on it for shipping were threatened with a bottleneck, the Coast ... McCain looking for a break http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180191998 25 Jul 2008 06:37 GMT ... 2 storm that made a helicopter ride impossible. And then, improbably, a 600-foot oil tanker collided with a barge on the Mississippi River, creating a 12-mile oil slick and causing diesel fumes to waft over the ... Fuel oil spill stalls traffic on Mississippi http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180188679 25 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT ... NEW ORLEANS Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up ... Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more ... Oil-spill cleanup halts ship traffic on the Mississippi http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180188339 25 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT ... from traversing a closed stretch of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf ... that spilled when a barge and tanker collided. Besides those stopped along the major waterway, ... tugboat towing the barge in Wednesday morning’s crash did not have a properly licensed pilot, ... Probe into Mississippi River oil spill begins with cleanup http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180185158 25 Jul 2008 05:51 GMT ... WASHINGTON Almost 100 miles of the Mississippi River were closed to shipping Thursday after ... Thursday after a barge and a tanker collided early Wednesday and spilled more than 400,000 ... was split nearly in half by the collision near Gretna, La., close to downtown New ... Power plant opponents speak up at SATV forum http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180182289 25 Jul 2008 05:46 GMT ... of the plant's jobs and last year's explosion that killed three people. But Kelly noted ... as the largest polluter east of the Mississippi River. Dionne discussed the power-plant industries two ... long in hurting ourselves and hurting the planet as well. Salem State professor Avi Chomsky ... Miss River Oil Spill Seen Having Little Effect On Grain Mkts http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180181265 25 Jul 2008 05:14 GMT ... Effect On Grain Mkts CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--The Mississippi River's closure due to an oil spill ... The river was closed Wednesday after a collision caused 10,000 gallons of oil to spill. ... to us who are going to be shipping are going to be above it, and ...