Coast Guard limits traffic near Galveston: UpdateOREANDA-NEWS. December 30, 2015. The US Coast Guard has expanded a restriction on vessel traffic near Galveston, Texas, because of a sunken towboat.

No vessels with draft greater than 30ft are allowed within 200 yards of an area from Galveston Pier 16 to Pier 31, located on the north side of the island. A more limited restriction was put in place yesterday at 8:18pm ET.

The Coast Guard said today that the sunken towboat has not been located and that a contractor was helping with the search.