NTSB issues report on fatal Alaska barge explosion
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report into a July explosion that killed the sole crewmember on a barge was moored at the Delong Dock in Whittier, Alaska. The vessel
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NTSB reports on 2018 Sunshine Bridge allision
An October 2018 incident that resulted in $6.7 million of damage to the Sunshine Bridge on the Lower Mississippi River is the latest in the ever-growing list of bridge allisions to be
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
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