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Accidents

The Joanne Marie listing at the shipyard on the morning of June 25, 2023. Coast Guard photo.

NTSB: Obstructed valve led to towing vessel flooding, partial sinking

WorkBoat Staff

The barge crane Oyster Bay and other contracted salvors remove bridge wreckage from the Patapsco River to reopen the shipping channel in Baltimore, April 10, 2024. Coast Guard photo.

As Baltimore debris removed, NTSB focused on Dali electrical equipment

WorkBoat Staff

The towing vessel Susan K was transiting with 25 barges downbound on the Mississippi River toward the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge on April 23, 2023 when it stuck a bridge pier. NTSB photo.

NTSB: Captain’s ‘complacency’ led to Mississippi bridge hit

WorkBoat Staff

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore occurred following a collision with the 984’x157’ container ship Dali, which was outbound from Baltimore to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fleming Photography Ⓒ

Key Bridge mistake

Bruce Buls

Damage to the stern hull and fendering system of the tug Mark E Kuebler, from the Nisalah propeller. NTSB photos.

NTSB: Tugboat was pulled into tanker’s prop during Texas collision

WorkBoat Staff

Flames leap from cars on the ro/ro container ship Grande Costa d’Avorio at Port Newark, N.J. in July 2023. Elizabeth Fire Department aerial drone image.

Newark ship fire hearing concludes; investigation continues

Kirk Moore

Newark Fire Department Capt. Oswald Robetto testifies Jan. 16 at a Coast Guard hearing into the Grande Costa d’Avorio ship fire at Port Newark, N.J., July 5, 2023. Coast Guard video image.

Firefighters separated trying to escape New Jersey ship inferno

Kirk Moore

The Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corporation, in partnership with multiple state and local responders, refloat the Ever Forward Sunday, April 17, in the Chesapeake Bay. George Mason University photo.

Maryland to plant oysters as mitigation for 2022 ship grounding

WorkBoat Staff

Benito LaFauci, chief officer of the ship Grande Costa d’Avorio, testifies to a Coast Guard investigation board about the July 5, 2023 fire on the ship that killed two city firefighters in Newark, N.J. Coast Guard video image.

Emotional testimony as ship’s chief recalls firefighter deaths

Kirk Moore

An aerial drone view of the ship Grande Costa D’Avorio as fire fighting continued at Port Newark, N.J., July 8, 2023. Coast Guard video image.

Coast Guard opens hearing on New Jersey ship fire

Kirk Moore

The Portland Fire Department’s City of Portland IV fireboat. WorkBoat photo.

Engine room explosion reported on Maine cruise ship

Ben Hayden