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Schuylkill River News

03 May 2016

Oil Spill in Schuylkill River

The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies are responding Tuesday to an oil sheen in the Schuylkill River.   The Coast Guard received a report of a sheen on the river between Market Street and South Street in Philadelphia Monday, but crews were not able to locate its origin.   Agencies involved include Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, Philadelphia Fire Department and Philadelphia Police Department.

23 Sep 2015

Papal Visit to Impact Marine Transportation System

The Captain of the Port, Delaware Bay, is notifying mariners that vessel traffic transiting the Delaware River and Schuylkill River, in vicinity of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 25, 2015 to September 28, 2015 will likely experience delays. As a preventative measure, we ask maritime stakeholders in the region, ranging from large vessels to uninspected passenger vessels, to provide advanced notification and to engage with our Papal Visit Maritime Operations Center’s (MOC) and the Marine Transportation System Recovery Unit (MTSRU), well in advance of anticipated vessel transits between September 25th and 28th. The MTSRU can be reached at [email protected] or 267-515-7294 FREE.

27 Jan 2014

Delaware River Ice Restrictions Modified

The Captain of the Port (COTP) Delaware Bay is notifying mariners that Ice Condition II has been modified to expand steel hull restrictions in the Delaware River. There have been reports of ice formation that may impact navigation throughout the COTP zone. Only Steel hull vessels may operate in the Delaware River north of Reedy Point, in the Schuylkill River, in the Salem River, and within the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal. Vessels should be able to maneuver unassisted through the ice without needing to stop, back off and ram the ice. Vessel moorings should be checked frequently to ensure the vessel is adequately moored. Vessels at anchor should maintain their engines on standby at all times when ice is present.

08 Dec 2008

Photo: Aids to Navigation, Delaware River

The crew of the Philadelphia Aids to Navigation Team raises a buoy in the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The Aids to Navigation Team maintains 44 buoys and 190 fixed aids for the safe passage of mariners in the Delaware River. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen)

06 Aug 2008

DONJON Contracted to Salvage Tugboat Pair

Donjon Marine Co., Inc., a provider of multi-faceted marine services including marine salvage, heavy lift, dredging and related emergency response services, was contracted under a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) by the U.S. Coast Guard to provide emergency salvage services for two tugboats that sank on July 28, 2008 at a pier adjacent to the Schuylkill River near the Girard Point Bridge outside Philadelphia, PA. At the time of the sinking of the Scooby Doo and Big Boy, reportedly more than 2,000 gallons of petroleum based contaminants were released into the water. Divers have reduced the out flow from the tugs but due to the condition of the vessels, the flow cannot be stopped until the vessels are salvaged.