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
Accidents
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
Local authorities in Loudon County, Tenn., are not releasing the name of the owner of a runaway barge that was stopped just short of crashing into a Tennessee River bridge. Read More
A towing vessel sank on the Lower Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, La., March 14, making it the second week in a row a vessel has gone down due to… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard received word around 3 p.m. March 7 that the mv. St. Rita, a towboat owned and operated by Marquette Transportation Company, sank on the right descending… Read More
The slow fall on the bloated Lower Mississippi River had reached Helena, Ark., as of March 7, where the river topped out at around 50 feet—six feet above flood stage. Read More
Over the past three years, Rich Brand has logged thousands of river miles aboard his kayak as he pursues his goal of paddling the Great Loop, a trip that connects… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a pair of marine accident briefs detailing incidents aboard two towboats, the mv. Ricky Robinson and the mv. J.W. Herron. The incidents… Read More
