Kirby awarded $17.4 million in Houston Channel collision case
In a July 8 ruling, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown has awarded Kirby Inland Marine $17,398,488 in a case stemming from the May 10, 2019, Houston Ship Channel incident in which
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NTSB reports on collision with ATB that totaled an OSV
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the November 14, 2019, incident in which, about about 2.15 p.m. local time, the offshore supply vessel Cheramie Bo Truc No.
NTSB: LPG tanker’s speed a factor in 2019 collision with Kirby tank barge
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the May 10, 2019, incident in which the LPG carrier Genesis River collided with a 297 foot long tank barge being
NTSB reports on Cooperative Spirit contact with bridge
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on the March 15, 2020, incident in which the tow of the 1975-built American River Transportation Company towing vessel Cooperative Spirit broke apart
VIDEO: Dredge slams into moored tanker
Malaysia’s Star newpaper says that “maritime rage” akin to “road rage” is being eyed as the possible cause of an incident captured on YouTube videos that show the moment when a 3,745
NTSB issues final report on deadly USS Fitzgerald collision
In its just released final report on its investigation of the June 17, 2017 collision between the USS Fitzgerald and the containership ACX Crystal, the National Transportation Safety Board determines that the
VIDEO: Two ships collide in Welland Canal
Transport Canada is to investigate an accident in which two vessels collided while transiting Canada’s Welland Canal, in opposite directions, this past Saturday. YouTube video caught the incident in which the Florence
USS Fitzgerald departs Ingalls
Almost three years after a collision with a containership that cost the lives of seven sailors, the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) departed Ingalls Shipbuilding’s Pascagoula shipyard June 13 to return to her
Towboat collision underscores importance of accurate AIS data entry and display
A recent collision on the Mississippi River has prompted the Coast Guard’s Office of Investigations & Analysis to issue a Marine Safety Alert (04-20) that says the incident serves as an important
Mississippi River closed after towing vessel slams into Hale Boggs Bridge
The Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River between mile markers 115 and 122 after a vessel allided with the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge, Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received