The probable cause of the engineroom fire that resulted in the complete burning of the towing vessel mv. Jacob Kyle Rusthoven on September 12, 2018, was an engine lube oil… Read More
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its marine accident brief June 13 on the fatal capsizing of the mv. Natalie Jean on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans,… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that a failure to properly maintain a fleeting area on the Ohio River was the cause of a January 2018 incident in which… Read More
Inadequate maintenance caused the sinking of the mv. Ms. Nancy C on March 6, 2018. That was the conclusion of the National Transportation Safety Board, which released its report March… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a pair of marine accident briefs detailing incidents aboard two towboats, the mv. Ricky Robinson and the mv. J.W. Herron. The incidents… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced its 2019–2020 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements during an event held at the National Press Club on February 4. It calls… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released Marine Accident Briefs stating its findings on several marine incidents involving towboats from the summer of 2017. James H Hunter ​At about… Read More
Heartland Barge Management has hired Jeff York as its sales and leasing manager. York, who resides in Virginia Beach, Va., has been working in the tug and barge equipment industry… Read More
In a recent report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found that the pilot of the mv. Eric Haney failed to identify charted erosion-control dikes, resulting in the sinking of… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a report on the sinking of the 1,800 hp. mv. Todd Brown on April 17, 2017, that concluded that the probable cause of… Read More
