The National Transportation Safety Board believes debris may have contacted two barges that broke away from an Ohio River dock in high water in 2024, causing an estimated $2.5… Read More
barge breakaway
Three barges remain pinned against two Upper Ohio River dams, but a sunken one has been removed. The barges, two lodged against Emsworth Locks and Dam and one… Read More
Barges remained pinned against both Emsworth and Dashields locks and dams, and a sunken barge was located nearly a week after a 26-barge breakaway on the upper Ohio River… Read More
A breakaway of about 40 barges in the St. Louis region on February 12 closed the river as it took most of a day to round up, but resulted… Read More
Around midnight September 20, following torrential rain dropped in the Houston area by the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda, nine barges broke away from their moorings at San Jacinto… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a barge breakaway in New Orleans March 25 near Mile 93 on the east bank of the Lower Mississippi River. According to the Coast… Read More
