The overhead canopy of a stage previously used at a Chattanooga, Tenn., music festival brushed the underside of the Interstate 24 bridge over Nickajack Lake, an impoundment of the Tennessee… Read More
Accidents
A pilot’s decision not to use a lookout on the head of his tow during a bridge transit with reduced visibility led to an allision that caused nearly $1 million… Read More
The Eighth Coast Guard District Investigations Office issued a Marine Safety Alert (04-20) May 13 urging operators of towing vessels to take steps to ensure vessels are transmitting accurate information… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a Marine Accident Brief (MAB) April 14 detailing an April 24, 2019, allision between Terral River Service’s mv. Edna T. Gattle and the… Read More
After resisting two key safety recommendations by the National Transportation Safety Board for years, the U.S. Coast Guard has committed to adopting them in the wake of the investigation into… Read More
Shortly after 4 a.m. on March 15, 2019, the mv. Dixie Vandal, traveling inbound on the Houston Ship Channel with a partially loaded fuel barge, struck the mv. Trinity and… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its marine accident brief February 27 detailing its investigation into a February 27, 2019, allision involving the mv. Chad Pregracke, part of Marquette… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its Marine Accident Brief (MAB) March 16 detailing a collision that occurred in March 2019 involving the mv. St. Rita and a group… Read More
The Coast Guard is investigating after 14 barges broke loose from a towing vessel and hit a house along the Tennessee River near Savannah, Tenn., causing significant damage. The empty… Read More
The Lower Mississippi River was closed briefly March 15 following an allision between the mv. Cooperative Spirit and the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge near Luling, La. The incident occurred at… Read More
