The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its report into the March 16, 2021, allision between the tanker Bow Tribute and a fendering system protecting two intakes for New… Read More
Accidents
Pilot error was responsible for an incident occurring March 19, 2021, in which a tow pushed by the towing vessel mv. Kevin Michael struck part of the lock chamber guide… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its marine investigation report detailing the March 22, 2021, allision between the mv. Ava Claire’s lead barge and gate No. 3 at… Read More
Most southbound traffic on the Cumberland River between Barkley Lock and Dam and the Ohio River was halted for close to a week after a barge filled with rocks ran… Read More
The engineroom fire that destroyed the mv. Miss Dorothy on March 17, 2021, was likely caused by the ignition of spraying diesel fuel from a main engine’s fuel system onto… Read More
Note: This is an updated version of an article that originally appeared on waterwaysjournal.net on March 4. A PTL Marine employee was missing near the confluence of the Mississippi and… Read More
A PTL Marine employee was missing at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers after his grocery delivery boat capsized March 3. Tyler Morgan, 23, of LaCenter, Ky., was… Read More
Five allisions on the Ohio River between February 5 and 8 damaged barges but caused no injuries or pollution. After four allisions in a 48-hour period, the Coast Guard issued… Read More
Just before midnight on January 12, 2021, the mv. Robert Cenac pushed its single empty barge into the CSX railway swing bridge that crosses the Rigolets near Slidell, La. No… Read More
Coffeeville Lock, located at Mile 116.6 on the Tombigbee River, reopened to navigation at 6 p.m. Friday, January 14, after a sunken 41-foot recreational vessel was removed from the lock… Read More