FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued an investigation report into an incident where a barge sank while being pushed by a towing vessel on the Lower Mississippi River, breaking up the tow and damaging five barges. The incident On March 16, 2024, about 0008 local time, the towing vessel Chad Pregracke was transiting southbound on the Lower Mississippi River pushing 34 loaded barges, near mile 260.6, about 5 miles east of New Roads, Louisiana, when a barge, the PTC 706, at the head of the tow rapidly sank, causing the tow to break apart. Five barges in the tow were damaged. Damages were estimated at $2 million. There were no injuries, and no pollution was reported. RelatedNews NTSB investigation: Towing vessel collides with bulk carrier and sinks UK MAIB Investigation: Engine failure and subsequent fire on board var jnews_module_21362915_0_6a037ad6160d0 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21362915","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"393,447,244,89","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","p