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Capsized ship off Louisiana: 12 missing, 1 dead, 6 rescued A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Respone Boat-Medium boatcrew heads toward a capsized 175-foot commercial lift boat Tuesday, April 13, 2021, searching for people in the water 8 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. The Coast Guard and multiple other boats rescued six people onboard a commercial lift boat that capsized off the coast of Louisiana on Tuesday night and were searching for more, the agency said.(U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris via AP) |  ...

Lift Boat Disaster: What Happened? What happened to the lift boat off the coast of Grand Isle By Natasha Robin | April 14, 2021 at 4:44 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 7:38 AM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - “They work kind of like a regular vessel, with propellers and shafts, when they’re going underway with their legs jacked up,” says Senior Marine Inspector, Todd Michel. The Seacor Power lift boat left Port Fourchon with a crew of 19, around 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. Their destination was Main Pass, about 25 miles to the east. “We did have some weather reports that would be some challenging w...

One Found Dead From Capsized Boat Off Louisiana Coast; Weather Challenges Search for Survivors The Weather Channel 2 days ago Jan Wesner Childs here for the latest developments. Weather could continue to challenge searchers looking for survivors from a boat that capsized in rough conditions off the coast of southern Louisiana. “We do expect some challenges with the weather but we are going to search as long as we can reasonably and safely search," U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson, commander of USCG Sector New Orleans, told The Weather Channel. Thunderstorms and seas of ...

U.S. Charges 2 Oil Workers With Allowing Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills January 21, 2021 Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face federal criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms to avoid required shut downs. The two were indicted Tuesday for spills in 2015 and 2018, according to complaints by the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Workers in one platform joked that their motto was “safe and sound until production’s down,” the indictment said. Fieldwood’s “top pri...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read (Reuters) - Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face federal criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms to avoid required shut downs. The two were indicted Tuesday for spills in 2015 and 2018, according to complaints by the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Workers in one platform joked that their motto was “safe and sound until production’s down,” the indictment said. Fieldwood’s “top priority is to operate our facilities in a safe manner that protects” workers and...