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Archive for the ‘Tug Boat Accidents’ Category

HOUSTON, TX. — The 800-foot tanker, Minerva Maya, collided with a tugboat pushing barges in the Houston Ship Channel on Sunday, June 2, 2013.

U.S Coast Guard photo shows the unloaded 800-foot tanker, Minerva Maya, with some sustained damage after a collision with a tug pushing barges in the Houston Ship Channel on June 2, 2013.

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BALTIMORE, MD. — The Coast Guard reported that a 100 ft tugboat, Kaleen McAllister, sank off Pier 3 in Locust Point on before 10 p.m Saturday night, May 4th.

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OCEAN CITY, N.J. — The body of missing Sea Tow boat operator David McAuliffe was found on Wednesday, May 1, in Ocean City. McAuliffe, 34, of Egg Harbor Township, and his boat, the Cape Hatteras, went missing last Tuesday, April 23. The tug boat was recovered on Sunday April 28 and inspected on the following Monday where it was discovered that McAuliffe was no longer on board.

Photo shows police and public Works vehicles near a body that washed up on the beach at 25th Street in Ocean City on Wednesday morning, May 1, 2013. Photo Credit: Douglas Bergen

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The American Waterways Operators (AWO) representing the nation’s tugboat, towboat & barge industry called on Congress, April 17, to urge greater attention to infrastructure needs. More than 100 vessel owners met with congressional members on capitol Hill.

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BATON ROUGE, LA – The captain of the tugboat, Shannon E. Settoon that was involved in the explosion and fire after hitting a gas pipeline in Bayou Perot on March 12, 2013 has died as a result of his injuries.

Bayou Perot gas pipeline explosion and fire on March 12, 2013.

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DESTIN, Fla. — The Coast Guard issued a press release after responding to a report of a tug boat that struck the Brooks Bridge near Highway 98 east of Destin.

Miss Lizzy tugboat crashes into Brook Bridge east of Destin Florida on March 20, 2013.

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LAFITTE, La. — According to various media reports, a tugboat that was pushing an oil barge hit a gas pipeline in a bayou south of New Orleans Tuesday night, causing a fire that left four people injured, one critically.

A tugboat captain was critically injured after his vessel hit a pipeline and caught fire Mar. 12, 2013.

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PORTSMOUTH. ME. — The U.S. Coast Guard released a report to Foster’s Daily Democrat on February 28, 2013, detailing the sinking of the Benjamin Bailey, the tugboat that capsized on October 24, 2012 in Portsmouth. The report cited human error, stating that the captain failed to maneuver the ship into a new position after high tide.

Photo shows the sinking of the Benjamin Bailey on Oct. 24, 2012 in Portsmouth, Maine.

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SAUSALITO, CA. — The USCG rescued two people on Saturday, Jan. 26, after their sailboat collided with a tugboat near the Golden Gate Bridge and sank into the San Francisco Bay.

Photo shows Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito, CA where tugboat and sailboat collided Jan 26, 2013.

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Two crew members were lucky to escape from a sinking tugboat on Wednesday, Oct. 24, when it became pinned against a barge at the Memorial Bridge construction site and capsized. A video of the accident shows the 55-foot boat pinned up against a structure at the Memorial Bridge construction site. A crew member can be seen leaping from the overturned cabin of the ship.

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