摘要: |
About 6 p.m. on July 4, a towing vessel pushing a loaded barge entered Algiers Lock in New Orleans from the Mississippi River, bound for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), when it allided with the lock's canal-end sector gates. While the impact only put a dent in the north-side sector gate, the south-side sector gate sustained major damage. "It pierced the skin and damaged the structural steel frame of the gate," said Victor Landry, operations project manager for the New Orleans Engineer District's GIWW structures. According to Landry, the towboat captain reported to the Algiers lockmaster that a surge of water from the wake of a passing ship pushed the tow into the gate. |