FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued an investigation report into an incident where two barges broke free during high-water conditions, drifted downstream and struck mooring cells. The incident On April 16, 2024, about 0445 local time, the barges broke free from their moorings at the terminal dock at mile 793.8 on the Ohio River, near Evansville, Indiana. The two barges contacted mooring cells about 1,500 feet downstream at the terminal at mile 794.1. The barges were later recovered with minor damage. There were no injuries, and no pollution was reported. Damage to the dock structure was estimated to exceed $2.5 million. RelatedNews NTSB investigation: Towing vessel collides with bulk carrier and sinks UK MAIB Investigation: Engine failure and subsequent fire on board var jnews_module_21370257_0_6a01e8cccbb35 = {"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":"21370257","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"393,447,244,364,89","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":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination