The mv. Miss Mollye D, an 86- by 34-foot towboat built in 1961 by Towing Service Inc. in Greenville, Miss., was eastbound on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) on December… Read More
bridge allision
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. No… 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
At about 1:40 a.m. October 12, 2018, the mv. Kristin Alexis was headed upriver on the Lower Mississippi River near St. James Parish, La., pushing the crane barge Mr. Ervin,… Read More
A pilot’s decision not to use a lookout on the head of his tow during a bridge transit with reduced visibility led to an allision that caused nearly $1 million… Read More
Heavy rains over the weekend of May 16–17 led to high water and flooding on the Illinois River and parts of the Upper Mississippi River. The Illinois River was under… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a Marine Accident Brief (MAB) April 14 detailing an April 24, 2019, allision between Terral River Service’s mv. Edna T. Gattle and the… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard received word around 1:30 p.m. June 16 that a downbound tanker struck the Sunshine Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, La., at… 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 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
