Engine control malfunction causes multi-damage allision
The NTSB issued an accident report, studying the allision of the tank barge Double Skin 501 with IMTT Bayonne Pier A in Bayonne, New Jersey, when being pushed by the uninspected towing vessel Peter F Gellatly. Damage to the barge, pier, and an adjacent ship, the Isola Bianca, totaled an estimated $2.7 million and resulted in the discharge of 630 gallons of fuel oil into the waterway.
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