Bouchard Transportation, facing financial distress, continued to defy Coast Guard orders to secure an unsafe barge located off the Texas coast, despite New Texas tugboat update: Texas Tugboat Update: Bouchard Faces Possible Criminal Penalties for Defying Coast Guard Orders; Has Until Friday to Comply with Civil Orders maritime The decision to press criminal charges would be referred to the Justice Department, a Coast Guard spokesman said today. The company has until Friday, March 6, to comply with civil penalties.