Tag: barges

A collision between two vessels on the Lower Mississippi River on 27 April led to a barge breakaway and the sinking of one barge, prompting a temporary closure of the waterway, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

An incident occurred on the Rhine River early on the morning of March 29, as the 90-meter long passenger vessel, De Zonnebloem, collided with the 135-meter long barge, Servia, near Voerde, Germany.

The American P&I Club has released the latest instalment of its Good Catch series in which it explains the dangers of breakaway barges.

CMA CGM has announced plans to launch a zero-emissions inland transport solution in Vietnam, featuring a 100% electric barge powered by renewable energy.

The tug was east of the Isle of Wight to shelter from Storm Darragh, broke its tow with one of its barges which began to drift into British waters and ran aground.

At least seven crew members have died after a fishing boat capsized following a collision with a sand barge off South Korea's southeastern coast on 9 December.

Shell christened and took delivery of its newest LNG bunker barge, Energy Stockholm, with a capacity of 8,000 m³.

The US Coast Guard rescued five people from the 130-foot commercial tug Luther after it lost steering off the coast of La Push, Washington, on the afternoon of 18 October.

At least two people died, and four others are missing after an oil barge operated by a contractor of Venezuela's state-run PDVSA sank in Lake Maracaibo, the company announced on 26 September. 

A cargo barge collided with the Willemsbrug bridge in Rotterdam at around 8:45 a.m. on 11 September, resulting in five containers falling into the Maas River.