Accidents

feature — To make the on-water exercises possible, Sea Machines will install its SM300 autonomous-command system aboard a Marine Spill Response Corp. (MSRC)-owned Marco skimming vessel and will train MSRC personnel to operate the system. Sea Machines Robotics photo

Sea Machines, Marad pact to demonstrate autonomous spill response

WorkBoat Staff

kirby-tug_nathan_e_stewart_submerged_heiltsuk_tavish_campbell — The Nathan E. Stewart lies partially submerged where it ran aground near Bella Bella, BC. Heiltsuk Nation photo by Tavish Campbell.

Kirby fined $2.2 million for British Columbia grounding, fuel spill

Kirk Moore

NTSB blames poor maintenance, inspection failures in fatal barge explosion

Kirk Moore

Yochow 1 — The bulk carrier Yochow struck a moored ATB in the Houston Ship Channel in June 2018. Shipspotting.com photo

NTSB faults inattention, fatigue in 2018 Houston allision

Kirk Moore

De Jeanne Maria — The DeJeanne Maria sank after striking a submerged object in the Lower Mississippi River near Venice, La., April 15, 2019. Denet Towing Service photo

Crew escapes Louisiana towboat sinking

WorkBoat Staff

Dredge Brunswick — A crewmember from the dredge Brunswick was missing after a workboat capsized at Charleston, S.C. Southern Dredging photo

Body of crewmember recovered after workboat capsizes in Charleston harbor

Kirk Moore

Dublin Express by Shipspotting — The containership Dublin Express may have leaked up to 100,000 gals. of fuel oil during a recent transit off the U.S. East Coast, Coast Guard officials said. Shipspotting.com photo

Containership may have leaked 100,000 gals. of oil along East Coast

Kirk Moore

Arthurs Kill oil spill cleanup Jacob Riis — Workers from Miller Environmental Group Inc. clean oil residue from the beach at Jacob Riis Park Beach in New York on April 1, 2019. Tar balls were reported on the beach after a containership was discovered leaking fuel at a Staten Island terminal. Coast

Coast Guard investigating New York oil spill

Kirk Moore

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ARLIS 0038 — The Exxon Valdez ran into a well-known reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1989 rupturing eight cargo tanks, which began pouring oil into the water at an estimated rate of 20,000 gals. per hour. ARLIS photo

Alaska senator introduces oil spill fund bill

David Krapf

Seattle Slew large — The towboat Seattle Slew capsized March 18 near the Myrtle Grove Fleet in Plaquemines Parish, La. Turn Services photo

Captain missing after Louisiana towboat capsizes

Kirk Moore

Five crew escape towboat sinking

Kirk Moore