ITCS Memo# 2604 - Tow Size advisory Lower Mississippi River

To: RIAC
From: LOMRC Co-Chairman
Date: 10/4/07
Subject: Tow Size advisory Lower Mississippi River
ITCS Memo # 2604

SAFETY AND ALL SCHEDULED BROADCASTS THENCE DAILY UNTIL CANCELLED
USCG EIGHTH DISTRICT NOTICE TO MARINERS NR 0312-07 LM
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
UNDER THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED FOR THE LOW WATER EMERGENCY PHASE OF
RIVER CRISIS ACTION PLAN, THE COAST GUARD, IN CONJUCTION WITH LOMRC
AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING SAFETY
ADVISORY: DOWN BOUND TOWS ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT TOW CONFIGURATIONS TO
SIX (6) BARGES WIDE BY FIVE (5) BARGES IN LENGTH. UP BOUND TOWS ARE
ADVISED TO LIMIT LOADED TOW CONFIGURATIONS TO FIVE (5) BARGES WIDE BY
FIVE (5) BARGE IN LENGTH. ADDITIONALLY, UP BOUND TOWS ARE ADVISED TO
LIMIT A SIXTH OUTBOARD STRING AND UP TO TWO LENGTHS AT THE HEAD OF A
TOW TO EMPTY BARGES ONLY FOR A TOTAL CONFIGURATION NOT TO EXCEED SIX
(6) BARGES WIDE BY SEVEN (7) BARGES IN LENGTH. MAXIMUM BARGE DRAFT
MAY NOT EXCEED 10.5 FEET. ALL MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE
EXTREME CAUTION WHILE NAVIGATING ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND
REPORT ANY NAVIGATIONAL CONCERNS TO SECTOR LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
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