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New Orlean's Governor John Bel Edwards announced an innovative agreement between the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana Economic Development, and The Water Institute of the Gulf that will support port activities.

The U.S. Coast Guard and local agencies are looking for two people in the water near Bootheville, Louisiana after the support boat they were on capsized during a training exercise involving the oil spill response vessel Louisiana 'Responder'. The vessel had five workers onboard. Although three were rescued, two are still missing.

The passenger vessel 'Grand Sun' caught fire in Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, on Monday October 8. The vessel had four people on board at the time of the incident, who were transported to emergency medical services. A Response Boat-Medium is on the scene to monitor the vessel’s location and check for possible pollution.

The US Coast Guard and local agencies are responding to a crude oil spill in Bay Jacques, Louisiana, which happened on Tuesday April 3. A crude oil storage tank developed a leak and caused an estimated 4,200 gallons of Louisiana crude oil to discharge. Response personnel are assessing the impacted area and will perform manual recovery of the crude oil.

The US Coast Guard informed that it is performing search efforts for a missing man, after an explosion was reported on an oil platform in Lake Pontchartrain, near Kenner, Louisiana on Sunday evening.

Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has announced an expansion project now underway at its waterfront shipbuilding complex in Franklin, Louisiana.

Deepwater Horizon rig: 3 years later oil spill cleanup, study carries on

Coast Guard is investigating a fisherman's report Guard is investigating a fisherman's report of an apparent oil spill "several miles" long near Venice, Louisiana, a Coast Guard spokesman said Wednesday.A team was trying to determine whether the substance was actually oil, how much was spilled and where it came from, a Coast Guard spokesman said. He declined to predict what the findings would be."It's too early," the spokesman said.A fisherman reported an "oily substance" in the water two miles southeast of Baptiste Collette Pass, early Wednesday morning, and four pollution investigators were sent to obtain samples for analysis, a news release said."The Coast Guard has opened and is using the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to begin mobilizing assets to quickly address the situation," the news release said.Source: Reuters