Date: August 19, 2008 In reply refer to: M-08-8 and -9

摘要

About 0730 on February 10, 2007, a Louisiana state pilot moved the nearly 800-foot-long Bahamas-registered tankship M/V Kition away from the Apex Oil dock on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just upriver of the Interstate Highway 10 (I-10) bridge at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The move was in preparation for a voyage downriver to the Gulf of Mexico and the open ocean. The pilot used three tugs, one pulling on the bow and two pushing on the stern, to turn the vessel around so as to head downriver.