Three crew members escaped injury when the mv. Betsy Wepfer sank December 27 just upstream from Olmsted Locks and Dam. The Coast Guard was notified at 8:38 p.m. Central time… Read More
Accidents
The probable cause of the contact of the William C with the Rock Island Railroad Bridge protection cell on January 1, 2020, was the pilot’s inability to correct the tow’s… Read More
A wreck and fire on a major bridge across the Ohio River in the Cincinnati, Ohio, region earlier this month continues to hamper transportation, although the river itself has reopened. Read More
The failure of a weld ultimately led to a barge breaking loose from its mooring and heavily damaging a pier in November of last year, the National Transportation Safety Board… Read More
The National Safety Transportation Board announced October 14 that it has upgraded the search function to its database of incident cases. But those searching for marine investigations may have to… Read More
An October 13 report by the National Transportation Safety Board on a barge explosion last November highlights the importance of companies providing full and detailed instructions to their employees on… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is conducting an investigation into an August 21 fire aboard the cutterhead dredge Waymon L. Boyd, has released a preliminary report on the… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its marine accident brief detailing the investigation into the June 8, 2019, collision between the bulk cargo ship Century Queen and the… Read More
A federal magistrate ruled September 4 that charges against a “duck boat” captain charged with negligence in a July 19, 2018, storm-related accident on Table Rock Lake that resulted in… Read More
Four crew members died and others were injured August 21 aboard the cutterhead dredge Waymon L. Boyd in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel when the vessel, part of Houston-based Orion… Read More
