Around 9:30 a.m. on June 26, 2022, a fire broke out aboard the mv. Mary Dupre, which was pushing one barge of biodiesel along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway… Read More
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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
A fire at a popular marina on the Tennessee River’s Lake Guntersville near Scottsboro, Ala., has left eight people dead and destroyed 35 boats. The call came into… Read More
The Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center is looking for a new home. The old museum building was damaged in a fire on July 1,… Read More
Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River watchstanders received a notification at 10:30 a.m. September 12 of a fire aboard the mv. Jacob Kyle Rusthoven at Mile 673, near West… Read More
Jack Fowler shows water, ash and fire damage on the museum’s second floor, which housed the museum’s offices, library, towboat pilot simulators and various displays. (Photo by Jim Ross)… Read More
A barge moored at Zito Fleet near Mile 105 on the Lower Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish, La., just downriver from the Huey P. Long Bridge, caught fire June 24,… Read More
The dredge Jonathon King Boyd was destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening, April 17 when it dropped a spud onto a gas pipeline. All 10 crew members were rescued by… Read More
A dredge working in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) near Matagorda Bay and the Port O’Connor (Texas) Jetties struck a natural gas pipeline April 17, igniting gas from the… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in early February wrapped up its investigation into the June 9, 2017, allision of the mv. Marguerite L. Terral and the Union Pacific Railroad… Read More
