State releases assessment from grounding of barge Bridgeport off Atlantic Beach Frank Powers, Assignment manager Updated: Tags: Aerials show the Bridgeport refloated and attached to tug boats that will tow it into port. (WJXT/Sky 4) ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has released the sampling and assessment results that were taken in the waters near where a barge carrying coal ash has been stranded off the coast of Atlantic Beach for months. An internal email from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission obtained by the News4Jax I-TEAM a week ago revealed at least 9,300 tons of coal ash -- referred to as Agremax -- had leaked from the barge Bridgeport .