Towing vessel

NTSB reports on an expensive partial sinking of a moored towboat

Even a partial sinking can be expensive and the National Transportation Safety Board has just released its report on one that brought a nearly $178,000 repair bill.

According to the NTSB, an obstructed check valve on a bilge pump led to the flooding and partial sinking of a 1979-built Marquette Transportation towing vessel​ Joanne Marie while moored at the Bollinger Quick Repair Shipyard on the Harvey Canal near New Orleans, in June last year.

The 65-foot-long Joanne Marie was found partially...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ntsb-reports-on-an-expensive-partial-sinking-of-a-moored-towboat/

“Complacency” seen in $2 million barge strike on Natchez-Vidalia Bridge

Complacency in the workplace is widely recognized as a safety hazard and a towing vessel captain’s complacency led to barges striking the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge last year in the Mississippi River, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.​​

The incident occurred on April 23, 2023 when the 1982- built160-foot-long towing vessel Susan K, owned by the Commerce Bank and operated by SCF Towing was transiting with 25 barges downbound on the Mississippi River toward the Natchez-Vidalia...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/complacency-seen-in-2-million-barge-strike-on-natchez-vidalia-bridge/

NTSB reports on an expensive collision between two barge tows

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a January 9, 2023 Lower Mississippi River collision between two barge tows that caused the barges in both tows to break free. Several barges were damaged in the collision, and about 1,380 gallons of ethanol spilled into the waterway. Two minor injuries were reported. Damages to the barges were estimated at $1.36 million.

The incident occurred near Fort Adams, Miss, when the towing vessel Big D, operated by Florida Marine...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/ntsb-reports-on-an-expensive-collision-between-two-barge-tows/

NTSB reports on $700,000 fire on 64-year old tow boat

An engine room fire aboard a towing vessel was caused by overpressurization of the fuel day tank and a main engine fuel return system when a fatigued chief engineer inadvertently left the day tank overflow valves to the storage tanks closed, the National Transportation Safety Board says in a report released Wednesday.

On May 18, 2021​, at about 6.53 p.m. local time, the 1957-built towing vessel Mary Lynn, operated by Hermann Sand and Gravel on lease from Missouri River Towing, was pushing two...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/ntsb-reports-on-700000-fire-on-64-year-old-tow-boat/

Pilot Fatigue Cited in Marine Towboats’ Collision

National Transportation Safety Board reports of the collision between two towing vessels and analyzes the factors behind the accident.

Towing vessels’ collision

At 0408 local time on March 15, 2019, the towing vessel Dixie Vandal, pushing a partially loaded fuel barge upbound through the Houston Ship Channel, struck the towing vessel Trinity and one of its barges, which were moored and preparing to discharge cargo at the Kinder Morgan Pasadena Liquids Terminal in Pasadena, Texas.

The contact...

https://mfame.guru/pilot-fatigue-cited-in-marine-towboats-collision/

Towing Vessel Sinks After Collision With Moored Barge Causing Three Fatalities

The NTSB reports of the collision and subsequent sinking of Towing vessel Specialist.

Specialist collides moored barge

About 0500 eastern standard time on March 12, 2016, the towing vessel Specialist, southbound on the Hudson River and towing a tower crane barge with two other tugboats, struck a spudded/moored construction barge alongside a concrete pier at the new Tappan Zee Bridge construction site near Tarrytown, New York.

The Specialist subsequently sank, resulting in the deaths of three...

http://mfame.guru/towing-vessel-sinks-after-collision-with-moored-barge-causing-three-fatalities/

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