Tag: towing vessels

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued Marine Accident Brief regarding the grounding and sinking of towing vessel Stephen L. Colby

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued Marine Accident Brief regarding the allision of the Dale A. Heller Tow with Marseilles Dam

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued Marine Accident Brief regarding the sinking of towing vessel Delta Captain

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a 19m contract to deliver deck machinery for four ocean going tugs for Dutch company ALP Maritime Services

Response crews commenced lifting operations of the 154-foot sunken towboat from the Mississippi River bank near LeClaire, Iowa, Monday.

Ten Most Frequently Observed Towing Vessels Deficiencies

Count of misconduct of a ship operator causing death Matthew R. Devlin was charged today in an information with one count of misconduct of a ship operator causing death, in relation to the "Duck boat" accident on the Delaware River on July 7, 2010, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Special Agent-in-Charge William P. Hicks, U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service.In this accident, the barge The Resource, which was towed by the towing vessel M/V Caribbean Sea piloted by defendant Devlin, ran over a boat operated by the tourism company Ride the Ducks International LLC. As a result, two passengers on the Duck boat who were visiting from Hungary, Szabolcs Prem, 20, and Dora Schwendtner, 16, were killed.Devlin, 35, of Catskill, New York, was charged under a federal criminal statute (Section 1115 of Title 18 of the United States Code) applicable to involuntary manslaughter committed by the operator of a vessel.The information alleges that "for an extended period of time prior to the collision, was distracted by his use of a cell phone and a laptop computer to attend to personal matters; elected to pilot the Caribbean Sea from its lower wheelhouse, where he had significantly reduced visibility in ...