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Boom! A systematic approach to maritime risks

By Luis Llamas and Thomas “Buddy” Bardenwerper, Jones Walker LLP Maritime Practice Group

The bilge alarm is sounding. Smoke is billowing. Oil is spreading. A lot needs to happen in these critical, heart-pounding moments; coming up with an emergency response plan shouldn’t be one of them.

Operating a maritime business is inherently risky. This is so for inland commerce, open ocean navigation, and everything in between. Not only are maritime professionals subject to the whims of Mother Nature, but...

https://www.marinelog.com/views/op-eds/boom-a-systematic-approach-to-maritime-risks/

Tanker splits barge, gasoline spill closes Houston Ship Channel

A tank barge was holed and lost much of its gasoline blend cargo in a collision with a tanker in the Houston Ship Channel May 10, 2019. CNN image

A massive response effort was underway after a tanker collided with a tank barge tow in the Houston Ship Channel Friday afternoon, spilling an estimated 9,000 bbl.  of gasoline product and closing the waterway near Bayport, Texas, Coast Guard and state officials said.

The 755’x121’ Genesis River, a Panama flagged liquid propane gas tanker, collided at about 3:30 p.m. with the 69’x26’x9’, 1,350-hp tug Voyager operated by Kirby Inland Marine as it pushed two 25,000-bbl. tank barges of reformate, a...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/tanker-splits-barge-gasoline-spill-closes-houston-ship-channel/