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原文传递 NTSB Releases Report On 2019 Collision In Houston Ship Channel

题名：	NTSB Releases Report On 2019 Collision In Houston Ship Channel
正文语种：	eng
作者：	FRANK MCCORMACK
摘要：	In March, the National Transportation Safety Board released its Marine Accident Report detailing the May 10, 2019, collision between the liquefied gas carrier Genesis River and a tank barge pushed by the mv. Voyager on the Houston Ship Channel (HSC). The Genesis River, stretching 754 feet, was outbound on the Houston Ship Channel that afternoon near the intersection of the Houston Ship Channel and the Bayport Ship Channel when it met the inbound tanker BW Oak at about 3:15 p.m. The two tankers passed each other on their port side, with the Genesis Rivers next maneuver a 16-degree turn to port just past the southern end of the "Bayport Flare." As the Genesis River entered the turn, though, the ship suddenly swung hard to port, crossing the Houston Ship Channel and entering the "barge lane" on the eastern side of the HSC. That put the Genesis River in the path of the inbound mv. Voyager, which was pushing a pair of tank barges side by side. With the bank to starboard and the ship careening toward his port side, the captain aboard the Voyager attempted a turn hard to port to avoid the Genesis River. The collision, though, was unavoidable at that point. The Genesis River struck the Voyagers starboard barge, pene- trating the barge's hull and breaching its center cargo tanks. More than 11,000 barrels of reformate, a gasoline blending stock, escaped into the ship channel.
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	135
期：	1