Accidents

Navigation on the western Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) was hampered for at least a week following the sinking of two barges near Mile 510.5 WHL (west of Harvey Lock), just… Read More

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its marine accident brief detailing the agency’s investigation into the October 2018 capsizing and sinking of the mv. Miss Roslyn on the… Read More

Witnesses watched as a bridge-construction workboat began taking on water, sending four people into 37-degree Mississippi River waters November 21. Fortunately, the four workmen were able to attract the attention… Read More

The National Transportation Safety Board announced November 7 it would investigate a November 4 barge explosion in Lemont, Ill., at an Illinois Marine Towing terminal about 25 miles from Chicago. Read More

A tow of six barges pushed by the mv. Dale Artigue struck a yacht club on the Ohio River, tearing loose several pleasure boats—and the club’s floating restaurant, which was… Read More

Around 11:30 a.m. on September 26, the mv. St. Peter, a 2,000 hp. towboat that’s part of Marquette Transportation Company’s Gulf-Inland Fleet, was northbound on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, locking through… Read More

Jamie Whitten Lock at Mile 412 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) reopened to commercial navigation around 11:30 p.m. September 25 after an incident 2-1/2 weeks earlier led to the release… Read More