Coast Guard, partner agencies establish Incident Command following vessel grounding in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

10/05/2023 12:39 PM EDT

The Coast Guard has established an Incident Command at Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment St. Thomas and at Coast Guards Base San Juan, Thursday, to oversee vessel grounding response efforts in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The Coast Guard is coordinating with local government partners and working with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration experts, as well as the responsible party, to create a pollution mitigation and removal plan for the grounded cargo vessel Bonnie G.   The National Response Corp. is the oil spill removal organization contracted by the responsible party, who also contracted Playland Marine LLC to conduct salvage operations for the Bonnie G.