A strong outdraft current above the McAlpine Dam during high-water conditions led to the mv. Queen City’s tow hitting a mooring cell in March 2023, pinning three barges against the… Read More
National Transportation Safety Board
A company’s lack of requirements for crew to regularly check below-deck compartments led to undetected flooding and the eventual capsizing of a dredging vessel last year on the Mississippi River,… Read More
A towing vessel pilot failing to repeat an agreed-upon passing arrangement with another vessel, and incorrectly recalling it, led to two tows colliding last year in the Mississippi River, the… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board recommended on October 24 that engineroom fire detection and fixed fire extinguishing systems be installed in small passenger vessels previously exempted from U.S. Coast Guard… Read More
Failure to properly maintain and inspect its hull and hatch covers by its owners led to the sinking of the crane barge Ambition, towed by the mv. Karen Koby, in… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Citing a looming deadline, the conservative Freedom Caucus laid out its demands on backing a stopgap funding measure to avoid a government shutdown. Those demands ruled out support for… Read More
Around 9:30 a.m. on June 26, 2022, a fire broke out aboard the mv. Mary Dupre, which was pushing one barge of biodiesel along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) west… Read More
The mv. Robert Cenac, a 60-foot-long, 1,400 hp. towing vessel in Al Cenac Towing’s fleet, was pushing a 150-foot-long crane barge called the Mr. Dawg eastbound on the Gulf Intracoastal… Read More
The mv. Miss Mollye D, an 86- by 34-foot towboat built in 1961 by Towing Service Inc. in Greenville, Miss., was eastbound on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) on December… Read More
The failure to post a spotter in accordance with written company policy led to the collapse of a crane on the construction barge Carolyn Skaves on February 8, 2022, at… Read More
