River likely to be reopened to one-way traffic, Coast Guard captain sayspublished at 22:40 GMT
Burnham also says officials are still exploring ways to reopen the waterway, but his intention is to reopen it as soon as possible to revive trade.
The Mississippi River, the second longest river in North America, is a major commercial waterway carrying 669 million tons of goods across the United States each year, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The river will likely be reopened to one-way traffic at first, with the Coast Guard’s Vessel Monitoring Service helping to direct all traffic passing through it, Burnham says.
“And then we work with our salvage support teams (and) all of our partners who come in to help us determine the best way to save this vessel, so that we can remove it from this area,” adds Burnham.
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