VENICE (AP) — A coal freighter ran aground near the mouth of the Mississippi River Tuesday and was freed a short while later, but the incident raised fresh questions about cutbacks in the Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging of the river.
The 738-foot-long Panamanian-flagged ship Rondeau ran aground Tuesday morning on its way to the Gulf of Mexico and later was freed, the Coast Guard said. There were no reports of injuries or pollution.
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