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Fuel spills into Mississippi River at New Orleans during bulk carrier’s bunkering
More than a ton of high sulphur fuel oil was discharged into the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana, because of a spill while a bulk carrier was bunkering.
It is estimated the equivalent of between 10 and 20 barrels of fuel was spilled from the 2007-built vessel Vitahorizon, a Greece-operated, Malta-flagged ship.
Afterwards there was a noticeable odour around the incident site at Lower 12 Mile Point Anchorage near Braithwaite and Wilderness Park.
The two bunkering vessels were boomed off for the cleanup process, which is being overseen by the US Coast Guard (USCG).