The Coast Guard responded to a vessel collision that resulted in a barge breakaway and one sunken barge on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans, La., April 27. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at approximately 9:20 p.m. Sunday that the Panamanian flagged M/V Isla de Bioko and the U.S. flagged towboat, the Ginny Stone, were involved in a collision at Mile Marker 110.
Following the collision, six barges broke free and began drifting down river while one...
A catastrophic engine failure led to a fire aboard the towboat Johnny M last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
The fire broke out on Jan. 30, 2024, when the 2019-built, 88-foot Johnny M, owned and operated by Terral River Service, was pushing four barges on the Tennessee River near Grand Rivers, Ky.
The six crewmembers aboard were unable to extinguish the fire using the CO2 fixed-fire-extinguishing system and abandoned ship to a Good Samaritan vessel.
Local fire...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ntsb-reports-on-3m-johnny-m-towboat-fire/
Moran Towing Corporation, New Caanan, Conn., hosted a christening ceremony for its newest tugboat, the Mary Jane Moran, at the Port of Beaumont in Texas on April 5. The event brought together Moran employees, leadership, the local port community, and the namesake’s family for a celebration of maritime tradition and innovation.
The tug is named after Mary Jane Marchisotto, wife of Alan Marchisotto, a longtime Moran employee and a key member of the company’s senior leadership team. The vessel was...
https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/moran-towing-christens-new-tug-at-port-of-beaumont/
Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Glosten has completed the contract design package for a comprehensive upgrade to Portland, Ore.-based Shaver Transportation’s Z-drive tractor tug Washington. The design focuses on significantly enhancing the vessel’s performance,
maneuverability, and practical operability, to support Shaver’s evolving harbor and escort towing
service offerings.
The scope of the upgrade includes replacement of the tug’s main engines and installation of
new...
A barge tow struck a vane dike on the Ohio River last year because the pilot did not effectively compensate for the outdraft current while navigating out of the McAlpine Locks in Louisville, Kentucky, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
The incident occurred on March 8, 2024, when the 1982-built, 138 foot towing vessel Amber Brittany, owned by Knight Manufacturing Corp and operated by Imperial River Transport LLC, was transiting the Ohio River. It was pushing 15 barges when...
Set to start operating this year, a Blue Highway project in the Bronx, N.Y., will initially remove 1,000 truck trips a month off highways and onto the water.
Details of the plan were announced by New York City Deputy Mayor Adolfo Carrion Jr., the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), and Con Agg Global (CAG), which is to open a new waterside transloading facility adjacent to the Fulton Fish Market hub in the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, one of New York State’s busiest...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/new-bronx-blue-highway-project-unveiled/
The South Carolina Ports Authority (SC Ports) reports the completion of a key infrastructure project at its busiest container terminal, the Wando Welch Terminal in the Port of Charleston. It can now once again handle three mega containerships simultaneously at any tide, providing expedited logistics and consistent fluidity for ocean carriers calling the Port of Charleston.
Wando Welch Terminal’s new steel toe wall running along the wharf strengthens the terminal to handle bigger ships and...
Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor celebrated the start of the 2025 international shipping season April 12 with the arrival of the 37,591 dwt Polsteam bulk carrier M/V Pile. The ship arrived safely at Indiana’s Lake Michigan port 19 days after departing from Port of Ijmuiden, Netherlands, and navigating the North Atlantic and Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system.
Burns Harbor port director Ryan McCoy presented Ports of Indiana’s “Steel Stein” to Captain Janusz Szatanik on board the M/V Pile. The...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/m-v-pile-is-burns-harbors-first-ocean-vessel-of-2025/
Nashville, Tenn.-headquartered Ingram Marine Group held a special christening ceremony April 8 for the M/V David North. The new vessel was built as part of a series of ten four-decked, welded-steel, USCG Subchapter M-compliant towboats,designed by Ingram Marine Group, Main Iron Works and Ashraf Degedy, PE.
The 69 x 30 foot M/V David North is outfitted with twin Caterpillar Marine tier 3 diesel engines and Reintjes gearboxes, John Deere generators and Michigan propellers. The...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/ingram-marine-group-christens-m-v-david-north/
A tank vessel struck a pier at Joint Base Charleston’s Naval Weapons Station in South Carolina after a pilot allowed the vessel to get too close to a riverbank and experiencing bank effect, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.
The 604-foot-long Singapore-flagged tanker Hafnia Amessi, owned by Sea 342 Leasing Co. Ltd. and operated by Hafnia Middle East DMCC, struck Naval Weapons Station Pier B while transiting the Cooper River on Jan. 14, 2024. A Charleston Branch Pilots...