Barge strikes bridge fender after tug enters wrong span in dense fog

摘要

A large fuel barge struck and damaged a San Francisco-area bridge fender after the tug captain followed the wrong green light in thick fog, the Coast Guard said. The 4,100-hp Pacific Wolf was towing the barge Cascades when the accident happened at about 1800 on Jan. 10. A second tug, Delta Deanna, was helping to escort the barge, which was loaded with 2.8 million gallons of heavy fuel oil. The outbound flotilla was traveling southwest in San Pablo Bay when it approached the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The weather had worsened since the vessels departed the ConocoPhillips refinery at Rodeo, said Lt. j.g. Nephtwim Rosario, the Coast Guard investigating officer.