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The U.S. Coast Guard recommended that industry partners lower their draft in the Ohio River below Smithland, Ky, after at least three groundings at Ohio River Mile 926, known locally as Cumberland Bar. Lt. John Nolan, U.S. Coast Guard spokesman for Marine Safety Unit Pa-ducah, said a vessel was pushing hopper barges loaded with rock when the lead barge ran aground, doing no damage to the barges or vessel. No one was injured. The channel was blocked for about an hour before it reopened, Nolan said. The grounding was due to shoaling in the river, which has been a problem especially as it is the typical low water season and because there has been a lack of rain, said Petty Officer Evan Dawson, water management representative for MSU Paducah. The problem area is just a few miles from the mouth of the Cumberland River at Ohio River Mile 922.8. |