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NTSB issues report on 2017 GIWW towboat sinking

24 September 2018

The towboat Savage Ingenuity and two empty tank barges on south bank of the GIWW post-accident. Aft view shows water up to second deck on starboard side of towboat. Coast Guard photos

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a marine accident brief on the flooding and sinking of an 1,880-hp towboat in 2017 while maneuvering two empty tank barges with the assistance of another vessel in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Sulphur, La.

While the tow’s starboard side was almost perpendicular to the current, the towboat Savage Ingenuity heeled to starboard and flooded through an open engine room door, the NTSB report said. The towboat sank partially, its bow...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/ntsb-issues-report-on-2017/

Inland rescues, ports recovering after Hurricane Florence

20 September 2018

Members of the Coast Guard Gulf Strike Team rescue an elderly couple after floodwaters from the Waccamaw River took over their apartment complex in Horry County, South Carolina, Sept. 19, 2018. Coast Guard photo/PO1 Jon-Paul Rios.

Authorities warned rivers will continue to rise through the weekend in eastern North Carolina, the scene of some 2,600 rescues in recent days as the backwash of Hurricane Florence flows to the sea.

Wilmington, N.C., the city closest to the Sept. 14 landfall of Florence as a category 1 hurricane, remained virtually cut off as the Cape Fear River flooded across southeastern North Carolina. Storm runoff coming down river watersheds far inland flooded sections of I-95, and on Wednesday South...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/inland-rescues-ports-recovering-after-hurricane-florence/

Coast Guard issues final rule on ballast water reporting

20 September 2018

A vessel discharging ballast water. Photo: Maritime Environmental Resource Center.

The Coast Guard has published a Final Rule eliminating the requirement for certain vessels that operate on voyages within a single Captain of the Port zone to submit an Annual Ballast Water Summary Report for 2018.

The Coast Guard views this current reporting requirement as unnecessary in order to analyze and understand ballast water management (BWM) practices. This final rule will reduce the administrative burden on this regulated population of U.S. non-recreational vessels equipped with...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/coast-guard-issues-final-rule-on-ballast-water-reporting/

Hundreds of small boat rescues after Florence

18 September 2018

Coast Guard personnel rescue an elderly woman and her husband along with their pets after their home was flooded by Hurricane Florence, in Brunswick County, N.C., on Sept. 16. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Trevor Lilburn.

Small boat rescue teams continue to evacuate hundreds from flooding in North Carolina, as rivers rise with the aftereffect of Hurricane Florence rainfall rushing toward the sea.

As of Tuesday morning more than 3,000 Coast Guard personnel were responding, along with other military units, urban rescue task forces operating under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and state and volunteer forces.

Coast Guard helicopter crews operating out of Elizabeth City, N.C., and Savannah, Ga., and small...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/hundreds-of-small-boat-rescues-after-hurricane-florence/

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