Three people died after a 27-foot pontoon boat overturned on Lake Pepin late in the evening of July 11 after, according to officials, it collided with a barge. The Wabasha… Read More
Accidents
The Black Bayou Pontoon Bridge in Cameron Parish, La., was closed until further notice after it was reportedly hit by a barge on June 22. The Louisiana Department of… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on the December 29, 2024, collision between the towing vessel mv. Patrick J Studdert and the bulk carrier… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board believes debris may have contacted two barges that broke away from an Ohio River dock in high water in 2024, causing an estimated $2.5… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard received a report around 5 p.m. March 23 of a collision between two deep-draft vessels near Mile 124 on the Lower Mississippi River. The collision occurred… Read More
A towing vessel captain’s extreme fatigue, made worse by a COVID-19 infection, was the probable cause of an allision between his vessel and a Coast Guard dock at Cape Disappointment… Read More
A mate aboard the William E. Strait did not realize how close two unlit moored barges at a refinery dock were to the towboat’s aft during fleeting operations in dense… Read More
The immediate cause of the incident in Baltimore, Md., on March 26, 2024, in which the container ship Dali struck a support pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge,… Read More
The pilot of the towboat mv. City of Louisville left the helm unattended, leading to a 2023 grounding that caused an estimated $2 million in damage, the National Transportation… Read More
The Coast Guard is investigating after a report of a capsized caustic soda barge May 26 in the St. Louis harbor. No one was injured. The Coast… Read More
