CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) - A shipping company says there were no spills or injuries when one of its gasoline barges ran aground in foggy weather on the Hudson River about 30 miles south of Albany.
Reinauer Transportation Companies, headquartered in Staten Island, says the barge hauled by the tugboat Meredith Reinauer ran aground around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday near Catskill. The company says it dispatched another tugboat to help transfer the gasoline to another barge.
The U.S. Coast Guard and state pollution response teams investigated and said there was no sign of a tank puncture or leaking gasoline.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos were at the scene Tuesday afternoon.
A DEC spokesman says the barge was transporting 66,000 barrels of gasoline north to the Port of Albany.
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