NTSB reports on $4.7 million barge breakaway
The NTSB has issued its report on a May 23, 2019, incident in which two loaded barges, the MTC 7256 and LTD 11140, struck the Webbers Falls Dam. The barges had broken
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NTSB issues report on triple towboat sinking
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a July 5, 2019, incident in which three towboats and an unnamed deck barge—all owned by Hex Stone Inc., Louisiana, Mo.—that sank
NTSB reports on costly contact between tow and moored barges
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an incident involving, among other things, a Kirby Inland Marine towboat captain with a high level of marijuana metabolites in his urine,
NTSB: Continued operation of Stretch Duck 7 in severe weather led to fatal sinking
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said during a public board meeting Tuesday that the continued operation of amphibious passenger vessel Stretch Duck 7 during severe weather led to the fatal July
NTSB reports on towboat’s expensive encounter with bridge
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a report on an April 24, 2019, incident involving, the Terral River Service Inc. 2006-built towing vessel Edna T. Gattle. The towing vessel was
NTSB issues report on towboat sinking
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on the March 7, 2019, sinking of the 1997-built Marquette Transportation towboat St. Rita. The incident occurred at about 1430 local
NTSB reports on towing vessel contact with much-struck bridge
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a March 10, 2019 incident in which the towing vessel Rivers Wilson, with eight crewmembers and pushing six loaded barges, contacted the
NTSB cites “lack of effective maintenance program” in 58-year old towboat involved in collision
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a February 13, 2019, incident in which, transiting downbound on the Lower Mississippi River, the 1961-built towing vessel Miss Dixie (owned by
NTSB issues report on towboat sinking
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on the sinking of the 1968-built towing vessel Tom Bussler, owned by McGinnis Equipment Company, Inc. and operated by National Maintenance & Repair
NTSB reports on how heavy lift ship slammed barge into newbuild destroyer
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on the March 29, 2019 incident in which the heavy lift vessel MV Hawk slammed into an electrical test barge at