The engineroom fire that destroyed the mv. Miss Dorothy on March 17, 2021, was likely caused by the ignition of spraying diesel fuel from a main engine’s… Read More
Accidents
Note: This is an updated version of an article that originally appeared on waterwaysjournal.net on March 4. A PTL Marine employee was missing near the confluence of the Mississippi… Read More
A PTL Marine employee was missing at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers after his grocery delivery boat capsized March 3. Tyler Morgan, 23, of LaCenter,… Read More
Five allisions on the Ohio River between February 5 and 8 damaged barges but caused no injuries or pollution. After four allisions in a 48-hour period, the Coast… Read More
Just before midnight on January 12, 2021, the mv. Robert Cenac pushed its single empty barge into the CSX railway swing bridge that crosses the Rigolets near Slidell, La. Read More
Coffeeville Lock, located at Mile 116.6 on the Tombigbee River, reopened to navigation at 6 p.m. Friday, January 14, after a sunken 41-foot recreational vessel was removed from the… Read More
A 41-foot recreational vessel traveling northbound on the Tombigbee River in Alabama entered Coffeeville Lock, located at Mile 116.6 on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT), on January 8 and… Read More
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,… Read More
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… 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… Read More
