Ohio River

NTSB: Outdraft currents contributed to $1.3 million Ohio River barge strike

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...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ntsb-outdraft-currents-contributed-to-1-3-million-ohio-river-barge-strike/

NTSB determines probable cause in Ohio River tow strike on locks

McAlpine Dam in Kentucky

​A barge tow struck a mooring cell on the Ohio River last year after encountering a strong outdraft current above the McAlpine Dam during high-water conditions, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently. The towing vessel Queen City​ was transiting the Ohio River with 11...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/tugs/inland-tug-operations/ntsb-determines-probable-cause-in-ohio-river-tow-strike-on-locks/

Ohio River channel maintenance begins near Evansville, Indiana

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District has begun annual channel maintenance dredging on the Ohio River, which will likely include maintenance dredging ..

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VESSEL REVIEW | Aluminium response craft for Indiana’s Jeffersonville Police

Metal Shark Boats of Louisiana has delivered a new response boat to the Jeffersonville Police Department of southern Indiana. The welded-aluminium centre console boat mea ..

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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/non-naval/vessel-review-aluminium-response-craft-for-indianas-jeffersonville-police/

NTSB publishes report on engine room fire on towboat Capt Kirby Dupuis

A missing retaining ring and mounting bracket on a main diesel engine led to an engine room fire on a towing vessel near Belleview, Kentucky late last year, the National ..

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Jury convicts defendant in towboat pipe bomb case

Nathaniel Blayn Becker, the Marietta, Ohio, man arrested on October 28 last year after suspected destructive devices were found on several towboats, has been convicted on all four counts in a federal criminal indictment.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia says that, after a two-day trial, a federal jury convicted Becker on two counts of possession of an unregistered destructive device and two counts of placement of a destructive device on a vessel.

Law...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/jury-convicts-defendant-in-towboat-pipe-bomb-case/

FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: Michigan Road helped settle Indiana

One of the historical markers along the Michigan Road. (Photo: historicindianapolis.com)

Despite its name, the Michigan Road was not the primary route over which pioneer settlers reached the Michigan Territory. The Michigan Road’s name came from Lake Michigan, and it was the primary north-and-south route that settlers used to reach Indiana, which had become a state in 1816. 

The Michigan Road provided the shortest practical route between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes during the pioneer period (when waterways were the principal means of travel). It connected Madison, Indiana,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsinfrastructure-michigan-road-helped-settle-indiana

FreightWaves Classics: Anniversary of bridge linking Kentucky and Ohio

The Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge. (Photo: historicbridges.org)

Yesterday was the 90th anniversary of the opening of a suspension bridge across the Ohio River that links Maysville, Kentucky, and Aberdeen, Ohio. The bridge was named for Simon Kenton (1755-1836), who was a famous frontiersman and soldier from that area. 

Simon Kenton

In 1774, in a conflict later known as “Dunmore’s War,” Kenton served as a scout for settlers against the Shawnee Indians in the area that is now West Virginia and Kentucky. In 1777, he saved the life of Daniel Boone, his friend...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-anniversary-of-bridge-linking-kentucky-and-ohio

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