barge accident’
Mississippi Barge Accident Injures 3 Towboat Workers
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
A barge accident on the Mississippi River last week left three towboat workers injured, a chemical spill in the river and the closure of 7 miles of the waterway.
The accident occurred on Monday night. A 128-foot towboat Merrick Jones, pushing 26 barges collided with the 87-foot towing barge, Dixie Express, which was pushing two barges of acrylonitrile. A significant amount of the acrylonitrile was discharged into the river after the collision. The US Coast Guard was on the scene of the collision immediately. The source of the spill was secured, and 7 miles of...
Coast Guard Releases Audiotapes from Delaware River Duck Boat-Barge Accident
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
The US Coast Guard this week released audiotapes from radio traffic, recorded around the time that an amphibious “Ride the Ducks” tourist boat was struck by a barge on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. The tapes give some indication about the kind of mayhem that surrounded the moment when a barge plowed through a stalled tourist boat. The boat sank, and all passengers on the boat fell into the water. Two Hungarian tourists were killed.
As you listen to the tapes, the first indication of trouble comes from one shocked vessel operator who sees the barge plowing into...
Calls Made from Philadelphia Tourist Boat to Tug Went Unanswered
Monday, July 19th, 2010
More details are emerging from the Delaware River tourist-boat accident last week that killed 2 Hungarian tourists. According to CNN, the tour boat crew is alleging that they tried several times to radio the Caribbean Sea, which was pulling the barge, but did not get any answer. All the calls that the crewmembers of the tourist boat made to the tugboat crew, went unanswered. The tow boat was
towing a barge that plowed into an amphibious tourist boat that had been stalled in boat the water. The force of the impact sank the tourist, and two of the...
Louisiana Maritime Worker Files Whistleblower Lawsuit against Barge Company
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Earlier this month, I blogged about a fatal accident involving a barge and fishing boat in Tennessee that killed two fishermen. The barge in that accident belonged to a company in Louisiana, called Seredino Inc. That accident was not the first involving the Chattanooga-based company. In June 2009, another man was killed in a similar accident involving a Seredino barge and a fishing boat.
A former employee of Seredino alleges that he was fired for refusing to remain silent about illegal activities that endangered the safety of the public. According to Kelly O'Connor, a former licensed boat pilot...
Bodies of Hungarian Tourists in Philadelphia Barge-Tourist Boat Accident Found
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
The bodies of two Hungarian tourists, one a 21-year-old man and the other , a16-year-old girl that had been missing since a deadly barge-tourist boat accident last week, have now been found and identified.
The accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon. The two victims were part of a Hungarian youth exchange program, whose members were on the tourist boat. At some point, there was a fire on the boat, and the vessel stalled. There's no way of telling whether the boat was visible when an 800-foot barge went through it.
All the passengers in the boat fell overboard. Fortunately, they were all...
Coast Guard Investigating Fatal Barge-Fishing Boat Accident in Tennessee
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
The US Coast Guard is continuing its investigations into a fatal maritime accident involving nine barges and a fishing boat on the Tennessee River. The accident occurred over the weekend. The fishermen were on a boat when the vessel was struck by nine barges that were being towed by a tugboat.
According to the sole surviving fisherman, the vessel had an engine problem, and was stuck in the path of the barges. They tried all they could to alert the boat crews to their predicament, but were unable to. The barges struck the fishing boat, capsizing the vessel...
