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Tanker Minerva Maya Collides with Tugboat Pushing Barges in Houston Ship Channel

Posted in Barge Accidents,Maritime Accidents,Tug Boat Accidents,US Coast Guard (USCG) on June 4, 2013

HOUSTON, TX. — The 800-foot tanker, Minerva Maya, collided with a tugboat pushing barges in the Houston Ship Channel on Sunday, June 2, 2013.

Coast Guard Responds to Collision Between Two Vessels Off Coast of Galveston

Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2013

HOUSTON, TX — The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a collision between two deep draft ships approximately 30 miles off the coast of Galveston on Thursday, May 30, after watchstanders at Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Texas City received a report.

Coast Guard Responds to Royal Carribean Cruise Ship Fire Off Florida Coast

Posted in Florida Maritime News,Maritime Accidents,US Coast Guard (USCG) on May 30, 2013

MIAMI, FL. — According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the cruise ship, Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas, was on its way to Coco Cay, Bahamas, when a fire broke out aboard the ship on Monday, May 27, off the Florida coast.

Ingram Barge Company Says They Did Not Cause City of Marseilles Flooding Along Illinois River

Posted in Barge Accidents,Illinois Maritime News,Maritime Accidents on May 23, 2013

The Ingram Barge Company currently have two lawsuits being filed against them in Illinois state court, that allege the barge incident on April 18, 2013, caused the flooding of the city of Marseilles. Ingram said they believe these suits to be entirely without merit.

NTSB Cites 312′ Delta Mariner Wheelhouse Crew in 2012 Kentucky Bridge Accident

Posted in Kentucky Maritime News,Maritime Accidents on May 20, 2013

Federal investigators concluded that the 312′ Delta Mariner’s wheelhouse crew failed “to use all available navigation tools” to avoid hitting the poorly lit Eggner’s Ferry Bridge over the Tennessee River in Kentucky on Jan. 26, 2012, when the nighttime allision tore away a 322-foot span of the bridge including a portion of U.S. Highway 68… read more

Tugboat Kaleen McAllister Sinks Off Pier 3 in Locust Point in Baltimore, Maryland

Posted in Maritime Accidents,Maryland Maritime News,Tug Boat Accidents on May 14, 2013

BALTIMORE, MD. — The Coast Guard reported that a 100 ft tugboat, Kaleen McAllister, sank off Pier 3 in Locust Point on before 10 p.m Saturday night, May 4th.

Body of Missing Sea Tow Boat Operator Found Washed Up on the Beach in Ocean City N.J.

Posted in New Jersey Maritime News,Tug Boat Accidents on May 7, 2013

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — The body of missing Sea Tow boat operator David McAuliffe was found on Wednesday, May 1, in Ocean City. McAuliffe, 34, of Egg Harbor Township, and his boat, the Cape Hatteras, went missing last Tuesday, April 23. The tug boat was recovered on Sunday April 28 and inspected on the following… read more

Barge Accident: 14 Barges Break Away, Spilling 300 Gallons of Crude Oil into Mississippi

Posted in Barge Accidents,Maritime Accidents,Missouri Maritime News on May 3, 2013

ST. LOUIS, MO. — The coast guard reports that hundreds of gallons of oil have spilled into the Mississippi River after a barge accident on early Friday morning near Alton, Missouri.

Three Injured with Critical Burns After Two Fuel Barges Explode & Catch Fire On Mobile River

Posted in Alabama Maritime News,Barge Accidents,Jones Act,Maritime Accidents on April 25, 2013

MOBILE, Ala. — Three people were burned and critically injured after two fuel barges carrying natural gas exploded and caught fire on the east side of the Mobile River. Several media outlets reported that the blast rattled windows in houses in downtown Mobile and blew doors open in homes in Spanish Fort.

Hundreds of Barges Break Loose from the Port of St. Louis; Ten Barges Sink in Mississippi River

Posted in Barge Accidents,Missouri Maritime News on April 23, 2013

SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO — According to the coast Guard, a total of 114 barges broke loose Sunday night, April 21, from the Port of St. Louis where the rushing Mississippi caused more than a hundred barges to break free causing the J.B. Bridge to shut down temporarily. A total of 10 barges sank… read more