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MINO Marine announces new 6,000-hp towboat design

MiNO Marine LLC, Jefferson, La., has announced that the second vessel based on its new 6,000 hp inland towboat design has been contracted for and production will begin soon at Conrad Amelia Shipyard. (No owner was announced, but a request for the company’s name has been made.)

The MiNO 6000 Class towboat design measures 166’x49’x12′. It is propelled by two conventional propellers within Kort nozzles each driven by a 3,000 hp, Tier 4 compliant engine. The first vessel is fitted with EMD engines,...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/mino-marine-announces-new-6000-hp-towboat-design/

C&C Marine delivers triple-screw towboat to Minnesota

C&C Marine and Repair, Belle Chasse, La., recently delivered to Upper River Services, St. Paul, Minn., the Mendota, a new 2,013-hp, 76’x30′ x9’4″ triple-screw towboat. The new towboat is the first new construction vessel ever built for Upper River Services. C&C Marine completed construction of the Mendota in less than six months.

Designed by CT Marine, Portland, Maine, the vessel’s main propulsion includes three Caterpillar C18, ACERT marine diesel engines, and two John Deere 4045T Power Tech...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/cc-marine-delivers-triple-screw-towboat-minnesota/

Eastern Shipbuilding delivers 90′ towboat to Florida Marine

Eastern Shipbuilding Group started delivering newly built towboats to Florida Marine Transporters in 2006. Eastern Shipbuilding Group photo

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., delivered of the 90’x32’x10′ Brian Boudreaux on May 20, 2019. It is the first new construction Subchapter M towboat for Florida Marine Transporters, Mandeville, La., and the 68th the shipyard has built for Florida Marine.

It was in early 2018, when the towboat operator signed four more towboats, bringing the total to 70 vessels contracted over the last 14 years. The Brian Boudreaux was built at Eastern’s Allanton facility from a design...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-delivers-towboat-florida-marine/

Crew escapes towboat Louisiana towboat sinking

The DeJeanne Maria sank after striking a submerged object in the Lower Mississippi River near Venice, La., April 15, 2019. Denet Towing Service photo

Three crewmembers safely got off their sinking towboat after it struck a submerged object in the Mississippi River near Venice, La., around 2 a.m. Monday morning.

The 55′ X 23′ X 7.2′, 900-hp DeJeanne Maria, operated by Denet Towing Service Inc., Boothville, La., was pushing two empty dry cargo barges downbound in Pass a Loutre when it stuck the object, according to Coast Guard officials.

The three people on board the DeJeanne Maria transferred to another towing vessel, the Supporter 1. The DeJean...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/crew-escapes-towboat-louisiana-towboat-sinking/

Inadequate maintenance blamed in Tennessee towboat sinking

The sunken towing vessel Ms Nancy Cl was building a tow at a fleeting area when it began taking on water at mile marker 832 of Everett Lake near Dyersburg, Tennessee. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Lora Ratliff.

Inadequate maintenance that resulted in corrosion and a loss of watertight integrity was behind a March 2018 towboat sinking on Everett Lake, Tenn., the National Transportation Safety Board reported.

The 64.5’x23’x6’, 1,600-hp Ms Nancy C, operated by the Choctaw Transportation Co., Dyersville, Tenn., was moving dry barges on the lake, a tributary of the Mississippi River at mile marker 832, on March 6 at about 4:30 p.m. when a deckhand noticed water filling a stern void.

The deckhand and captain...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/inadequate-maintenance-blamed-in-tennessee-towboat-sinking/

Captain missing after Louisiana towboat capsizes

The towboat Seattle Slew capsized March 18 near the Myrtle Grove Fleet in Plaquemines Parish, La. Turn Services photo

The captain of a towboat was missing after his vessel capsized on the Lower Mississippi River Monday night, Coast Guard officials said.

Two crewmembers escaped when the 54’x22’, 1,200-hp Seattle Slew was reported capsized at 8:12 p.m. near the Myrtle Grove Fleet, north of Point A La Hache, La., according to a statement from the Coast Guard 8th District.

The Seattle Slew is one of 26 vessels operated by Turn Services, a fleeting and shifting operator based in New Orleans. Television station WWL...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/captain-missing-after-louisiana-towboat-capsize/

High water, fast current create problems on the Mississippi and Missouri

The U.S. Coast Guard reopened the waterway closure on the Mississippi River from mile marker 224.5 to mile marker 226 after a vessel sank near Baton Rouge, La., Thursday. General Anchorage remains closed.

A Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge incident management team confirmed an oil sheen in the water. There is a reported potential of 18,500 gals. of fuel aboard the 65’x24′ towboat Michelle Anne. An unknown amount of oil has discharged into the river.

Due to concerns over responder safety...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/high-water-fast-current-create-problems-on-the-mississippi-and-missouri/

NTSB: Flooding through open hatches sank towboat, killed two near Memphis

After the towboat Ricky Robinson was raised, investigators found hatch covers missing (left) and an engine room door tied open. NTSB photos.

Water coming over the bow and downflooding through open, unsecured hatches likely caused the Dec. 8, 2017 sinking of a towboat near Memphis, Tenn., that killed the captain and deckhand, the National Transportation Safety Board reported.

The 66.5’x24’, 1,400-hp Ricky Robinson, operated by Wepfer Marine, Memphis, was manned by pilot Keith Pigram, 35, and his deckhand and stepson Anquavious Jamison, 19, when it capsized and sank at 11:42 a.m. near mile marker 733 on the Mississippi River.

The body...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/ntsb-flooding-through-open-hatches-sank-towboat-killed-two-near-memphis/

Towboat capsizes on the Ohio River

Towboat capsized on the Ohio River on Friday. Photo Courtesy of Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandria Preston

The U.S. Coast Guard reported the sinking of a vessel near Cheshire, Ohio, on Friday.

Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Huntington received a report at 1 p.m. that the towing vessel Ed McLaughlin, owned by McGinnis Marine, capsized on the Ohio River at mile marker 259.

All three crewmembers that were aboard the vessel are accounted for and have been taken to a local hospital and were reported to be in stable condition.

There is an estimated 4,900 gals. of diesel fuel on board. Light sheening is...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/towboat-capsizes-on-ohio-river/

Effort continues to raise barges on Ohio River

Barges stranded on a dam after a Dec. 25, 2018 breakaway on the Ohio River in Louisville, Ky. Keith Fowler/via Corps of Engineers Louisville District Facebook.

Nine barges remained sunk or stranded on an Ohio River dam at Louisville, Ky., after a Christmas night bridge allision, Coast Guard officials said.

The 128’x28.5’ towboat Debbie Graham was passing the Clark Memorial Bridge in the city, pushing 15 coal barges, when the allision was reported to watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley around 8:10 p.m. A week later the response is continuing between the Coast Guard, the Corps of Engineers Louisville district and towboat operator Tennessee...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/effort-continues-to-raise-barges-on-ohio-river/

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