New York-based Bouchard Transportation and three former and current company officials have paid $375,000 in restitution to a whistleblower who the company fired after cooperating with a federal investigation into…
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Bankruptcy Judge Orders Removal of Morton Bouchard as Bouchard Transportation’s CEO
A U.S. bankruptcy judge has ordered Morton S. Bouchard III, the long-time CEO of New York-based Bouchard Transportation, to be immediately removed from his position as chief executive officer. The…
Bouchard Ordered to Pay Whistleblower in Fatal ‘Barge No. 255’ Explosion Investigation
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has found that New York-based Bouchard Transportation and three of its officers violated whistleblower protection rules when it retaliated against a seaman who cooperated with the U.S. Coast Guard in its...
NTSB Blames Ineffective Maintenance, Safety Management in Deadly Barge Explosion
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the deadly explosion and fire aboard the B No. 255 barge off the coast of Port Aransas, Texas in 2017 was the result of a lack of effective maintenance and safety management of the barge by the Bouchard Transportation Company. In...
Bouchard Seeking $18 Million Insurance Payout on Exploded B255 Barge
(Clearview Post) – The owners of an oil barge that exploded off the coast of Texas in 2017 might make $12 million more on their insurance claim for the damaged vessel than they have to pay the families of two seamen killed in the disaster, according to court filings. It’s a common scenario under an...