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re: Towing vessels collide on Mississippi River; 3 people reported missing
Posted on 1/26/20 at 9:11 am to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 1/26/20 at 9:11 am to BowDownToLSU
I see these articles from time to time and notice they never release any of the tow companies names. Any reason for that?
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Posted on 1/26/20 at 9:20 am to Saskwatch
They'll release information after the family is notified. Towboater website on Facebook already has boat names listed and AIS recordings.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 9:20 am to Saskwatch
Mile Marker 123 is about 500 yards downriver from my house. Heard the horns and boom this morning, thought maybe a barge had gotten loose. Went out with the dogs when one of the horns stayed blasting for well over a minute. It wasn’t very foggy. Search vessels everywhere right now.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 9:30 am to CaptN
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Towboater website on Facebook already has boat names listed and AIS recordings.
Can you share with those of us that don’t have Facebook?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 9:40 am to BowDownToLSU
Sorry to hear of this.
That water is cold, muddy, and moving pretty good.
The River is up to 15 feet at Carrollton.
Doesn’t sound like a visibility issue, lots of things can go wrong mechanically plus there’s always human error.
Bad news.
That water is cold, muddy, and moving pretty good.
The River is up to 15 feet at Carrollton.
Doesn’t sound like a visibility issue, lots of things can go wrong mechanically plus there’s always human error.
Bad news.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:28 am to double d
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Mile Marker 123 is about 500 yards downriver from my house. Heard the horns and boom this morning, thought maybe a barge had gotten loose. Went out with the dogs when one of the horns stayed blasting for well over a minute. It wasn’t very foggy. Search vessels everywhere right now.
You Jesse Duplantis baw?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:33 am to Sack531
The RC Creppel was the boat that sank. Trying to gain membership of the facebook pages to get the other boat information.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:17 pm to big_reb1
Payers for your cousin...sad
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:20 pm to big_reb1
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:43 pm to BowDownToLSU
More info from Coast Guard press release a little while ago...sulfuric acid in barges...
Prayers go out to all involved
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Prayers go out to all involved
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Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 5:37 a.m. that the towing vessel RC Creppel and the towing vessel Cooperative Spirit had collided and that four members of the RC Creppel are missing. The Cooperative Spirit was reportedly transiting up bound on the river when it entered a barge fleeting area and allied with barges before colliding with the towing vessel RC Creppel. The collision caused the RC Creppel to sink and barges to breakaway.
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The RC Creppel was pushing two barges carrying sulfuric acid. One of these barges was damaged in the incident and reportedly released an unknown amount of vapor into the air. The source of the release is secured. A safety zone from mile marker 121 to 123 has been issued and traffic is closed to vessels in that area.
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Posted on 1/26/20 at 1:37 pm to NorthEndZone
The RC Creppel was 72x30. 2000 HP.
The Cooperative Spirit is 200 x 54. 10,500 HP
A much bigger boat ran over a smaller boat that was fleeting barges. Don’t know if he was making up or standing by.
The big tug was pushing upstream. The crew may not of even seen him coming.
The Cooperative Spirit is 200 x 54. 10,500 HP
A much bigger boat ran over a smaller boat that was fleeting barges. Don’t know if he was making up or standing by.
The big tug was pushing upstream. The crew may not of even seen him coming.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 1:39 pm to BowDownToLSU
Do we know the companies involved?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 1:40 pm to Springlake Tiger
quote:you call that living?
Live in Destrehan
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:23 pm to Bigfishchoupique
RC Creppel was making 16 headed downstream. Wasn't fleeting. Headed to industrial locks and then to Pascagoula. Unless specific permission was given by the RC to the Cooperative Spirit to continue, they should have held up below the point. SB traffic has the right of way in the river.
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