摘要: |
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its marine investigation report detailing the March 22, 2021, allision between the mv. Ava Claire s lead barge and gate No. 3 at Leland Bowman Lock, located at Mile 163 WHL (west of the Harvey Lock) on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) near Intracoastal City, La. At the time of the incident, the mv. Ava Claire, owned by Baton Rouge, La.-based General Marine Services, was transporting a pair of tank barges, each loaded with 53,166 barrels of naphtha. The Ava Claire departed from the Valero St. Charles refinery on the Mississippi River in Norco, La., at about 3 p.m. March 20, 2021, and headed southbound. The vessel later entered the GIWW at Algiers Lock in New Orleans and headed west on the canal, bound for the Valero Port Arthur refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. |