Oil barges are large boats or vessels specifically designed for carrying and transporting oil. They are used to transport large quantities of oil from one place to another, usually through rivers, canals, or open waters.
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for a controversial proposal to park
oil barges in the Hudson River.
Shelley Mayer has been a vigorous advocate for the protection of our environment, cosponsoring a bill that prohibited
oil barges from anchoring in the Hudson River and securing $ 3 million for flood mitigation aid after Hurricane Sandy.
Advocated for local environmental issues including opposing the Pilgrim Pipeline and plans to
anchor oil barges along the county's Hudson River shores.
In 1970, the Irving
Whale oil barge sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, resulting in a significant oil spill that fouled the shoreline of the Magdalen Islands.
It was good to see more of our public officials finally stepping to the plate on the controversy involving the proposal currently under consideration by the Coast Guard to park
gigantic oil barges up and down the Hudson.
In addition to political opposition, including Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, who described the Coast Guard plan as a «parking lot» for
large oil barges, public comments against the anchorage proposal, which totaled more than 10,000 before the comment period closed, were overwhelmingly negative.
There's a conceptual agreement on some of the bills, depending on the progress that's made,» the governor said at the scene of a
stuck oil barge in the Hudson River near Catskill, about 45 minutes south of the Capitol.
Esopus officials say they are also concerned because the town already has railroad lines that carry hazardous materials through the town, as well as being bordered by the Hudson River, which
carries oil barge traffic.
And some 40 years after the fuel -
oil barge Florida ran aground off Cape Cod, the muck beneath the marsh grasses makes the area smell like a gas station.
Scenic Hudson Supports U.S. Rep. Maloney Request for Coast Guard Assessment of Anchoring by Crude Oil Barges
Along with questions of national interest, the candidates also fielded questions on a hot - button local issue, a proposal by the Coast Guard to open 10 new anchorages on the Hudson to
oil barges to relieve congestion at the Port of Albany.
Murray's largest donation was $ 10,000 from Morton S. Bouchard, president and CEO of Melville - based Bouchard Transportation,
an oil barging company.