Coast Guard investigates tugboat leak

The Coast Guard on Thursday began assessing a spill from a World War II tugboat on the Intracoastal Waterway in Ormond-by-the-Sea.What caused the Tutahaco to leak approximately 100 gallons of bilge oil into the Halifax River on Wednesday is under investigation, according to the Coast Guard’s bulletin.Marine Environmental Response and Sea Tow assisted the Coast Guard in deploying 600 feet of containment boom and more than 1,500 feet of absorbent boom around the vessel and affected area to

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