Two storm fronts moved across the Midwest over a three-day period, dumping more rain on waterlogged soils and already-flooded rivers. The second front, moving through on May 23 and 24,… Read More
Accidents
The Louisville Engineer District announced on its Facebook page May 16 that the last sunken barge had been removed from McAlpine Dam. Nine barges became pinned against the dam when… Read More
Response efforts continue in the Houston Ship Channel following a collision May 10 between the tanker Genesis River and a pair of Kirby Inland Marine barges pushed by mv. Voyager. Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) began a week-long public hearing Monday, March 6, at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La., to gather evidence… Read More
The mv. Cindy R, owned by Gulf South Marine Enterprises, sank around 6 a.m. on May 2 at Mile 8 on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (west of Harvey Lock), near… Read More
As of late in the day April 18, Pass a Loutre, one of the smaller outlets of the Mississippi River southeast of Pilottown, La., remained closed following the sinking of… Read More
Inadequate maintenance caused the sinking of the mv. Ms. Nancy C on March 6, 2018. That was the conclusion of the National Transportation Safety Board, which released its report March… Read More
The towing vessel mv. Seattle Slew, operated by fleeting company Turn Services, capsized on the Lower Mississippi River near Point à La Hache, La., on the night of March 18. Read More
On the night of March 8, a team at Tate & Lyle’s corn wet mill in Loudon, Tenn., received a call from the local Coast Guard unit informing them that… Read More
A mariner on the Lower Mississippi could pass by the New Orleans riverfront a thousand times and not even know it, but there’s a ship buried there, near the middle… Read More
