Marine casualty investigators from the Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a barge allision with the Bayou Ramos Bridge that happened December 23, 2021, at Amelia, La.,… Read More
Accidents
Kirby Inland Marine LP has agreed to pay $15.3 million in damages and assessment costs resulting from an oil spill from a Kirby barge. The settlement resolves federal and state… Read More
Following more than 13 years of legal proceedings, American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) announced that it has been cleared of any fault related to the 2008 mv. Mel Oliver collision … Read More
Numerous serious shortcomings and deficiencies in safety planning and risk assessment contributed to the “totally preventable” rupturing of a pipeline in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel by a cutterhead dredge… Read More
The Coast Guard suspended its search December 2 for a crew member of the American Queen who fell overboard near Baton Rouge the previous day. Rescue crews searched more than… Read More
The Coast Guard and a Pennsylvania coroner’s office are investigating following the report of a man who fell from a barge and died November 22. Beaver County, Pa. Coroner David… Read More
The poor condition of the swing span on the Barataria Bridge, including a lack of protective fendering, a faulty limit switch and a lack of red navigation lights, were all… Read More
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train traveling south near Montrose, Iowa, collided with a barge just before midnight November 13, derailing multiple train cars and sending two cars into the Mississippi River. Read More
The Coast Guard closed the Ohio River near Belleview, Ky., for several hours November 9 because of a fire aboard the towing vessel Capt. Kirby Dupuis. The towing vessel was… Read More
Severe, unforecasted winds caused a containership to break away from a pier and damaged equipment at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal in New Orleans on August 2, 2020, according to… Read More
