tugboat News

Tugboat’s Collision With I-310 Bridge May Have Been 2nd Crash This Year

LULING, La. — A tugboat leading a train of barges of grain crashed into a Louisiana bridge, causing two of the barges to sink in the Mississippi River. The tugboat, identified as Cooperative Spirit, collided with the Luling Bridge early …

10 Years Since Accidental Collapse of Texas Bridge

South Padre Island Mayor Robert Pinkerton Jr. admits he does a double take when he sees barges and tugboats traveling near the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge. It is not that the vessels fascinate him. He just remembers that it was …