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One Missing after Towing Vessel-Skiff Accident off Louisiana
Monday, August 9th, 2010
One person continues to remain missing after a maritime accident involving a towing vessel and a skiff near Morgan City,, Louisiana. The accident occurred on Sunday. According to the Coast Guard, officers with the Coast Guard in New Orleans received a report from crewmembers on the towing vessel the UTP Salvation, stating that they had been in an accident with the 17-foot Skiff.
The accident occurred in the Morgan City-Port Allen Alternate Route. The Coast Guard crew immediately launched a rescue effort. The effort included a response boat and a helicopter that were deployed to the scene to...
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...
New York Tugboat Worker Dies in Tragic Accident in New Jersey River
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Work with mooring lines, as any maritime lawyer will tell, you can be some of the most physically exerting and dangerous work on a vessel. In a tragic example of the kind of dangers deckhands face, a worker on a tugboat accident died when he became entangled in the lines that were being used to tie the boat to another vessel.
The worker has been identified as a 50-year-old New York resident and he was working on the boat Turecamo Girls on the Hackensack River in New Jersey. Other crewmembers on the tugboat found him entangled in the lines...
NTSB Investigation into Vessel Fire Determines Failure of Components as Cause
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Last month, the National Transportation Safety Board determined that failure of a pressurized component on the port main propulsion hydraulic system was the cause of an engine room fire on a small passenger vessel.
On April 8th 2008, the paddle wheel vessel, Queen of the West was traveling on the Columbia River near Ruffs in Oregon, when a fire broke out in the engine room. The vessel had 124 passengers and 53 crewmembers on board. The fire in the engine room was quickly contained. Fortunately, the vessel was equipped with an automatic fire detection system and fire suppression system, both...
