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原文传递 NTSB: Insufficient Communication, Lack of Accurate Tow Size Led To Fatal Collision

题名：	NTSB: Insufficient Communication, Lack of Accurate Tow Size Led To Fatal Collision
正文语种：	eng
作者：	DAVID MURRAY
摘要：	Insufficient radio communication and a failure to properly communicate tow size via AIS systems led to a fatal collision that sank a towing vessel with four crew-members aboard, three of whom were never found, the National Transportation Safety Board found in its latest Marine Accident Brief.The incident happened on January 26, 2020, on the Lower Mississippi River near Destrehan, La., between the towing vessels Cooperative Spirit and RC Creppel. The RC Creppel, which capsized and sank in the accident, had four crewmembers aboard, of whom only one was rescued. The accident resulted in a breakaway of a combined 42 barges from both tows, the discharge of approximately 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the river and the release of sulfuric acid vapors into the atmosphere. The collision resulted in an estimated $3 million in property damage to three vessels and 11 barges. The RC Creppel was not recovered.The Cooperative Spirit was towing 40 barges upriver, and the RC Creppel was towing two barges downriver. The pilots of the Cooperative Spirit and the RC Creppel agreed to a port-to-port meeting. The RC Creppel pilot communicated the size of his tow; the Cooperative Spirit pilot did not. The barges of the towing vessels collided around 26 Mile Point. As a result of the impact, the RC Creppel capsized and sank. An upbound dry-bulk carrier, the Glory First, collided with the starboard side of the Cooperative Spirits tow.
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	135
期：	23