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
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Wepfer Marine reaches settlement with family of two who died in towboat sinking
Local media report that Wepfer Marine has reached a settlement with surviving family members of two men who died in the December 2017 capsizing and sinking of the 1976-built towboat Ricky Robinson.
Bourbon Rhode: Body recovered
Bourbon Offshore said today that the body of one of the crew members aboard its tug supply vessel Bourbon Rhode had been located and recovered. The Bourbon Rhode, with 14 crew on
All towboats in triple sinking removed from river
The Coast Guard has transitioned from pollution response to the investigation phase of the major marine casualty that occurred July 5, 2019, involving three vessels that sank in the Illinois River near
Coast Guard responds to triple towboat sinking
The Coast Guard was responding Sunday to three vessels that sunk on the Illinois River near Hardin, Illinois. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River received a report Friday of three
More charges brought in deadly duck boat case
Two more employees of Ripley Entertainment, Inc. have been indicted in relation to the deadly sinking of the 1944-built duck boat Stretch Duck 7 that sank in Table Rock Lake, Miss., last
VIDEO: Captain of cruise ship in deadly Danube collision gets bail
The captain of the Viking River Cruises ship involved in a deadly collision that sank a River Danube sightseeing boat in central Budapest on May 29 can be released on bail, a
VIDEO: River cruise captain arrested after deadly Danube collision
The captain of a 135 m Viking River Cruises vessel that collided with a tourist boat on which seven South Korean tourists died has been arrested by Hungarian police as the search
Marshall Islands releases report on Stellar Daisy sinking
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has released the report of its investigation into the loss of the Stellar Daisy, the Marshall Islands flagged very large ore carrier (VLOC) that sank on
USCG responds to sunken towing vessel
The Coast Guard was responding to a sunken towing vessel in Pass a Loutre near Venice, La., Monday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at 2 a.m. that the