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March 8, 2021 By Frank McCormack
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its Marine Accident Brief detailing a March 15, 2020, incident that involved the mv. Cooperative Spirit, part of ADM ARTCO’s river transportation fleet, striking the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge near Luling, La., on the Lower Mississippi River. The Cooperative Spirit was traveling downstream at 1:13 a.m. when the port side of its tow struck a pier of the Hale Boggs Bridge. The Cooperative Spirit was pushing a 29-barge tow at the time.
Following the allision, the tow broke apart, with one of the barges sinking. The Cooperative Spirit and other vessels in the area caught the remaining 28 barges, but not before multiple barges from the tow struck other barges moored at the riverbank. Two barges were later determined to be a total loss. NTSB estimated the cost of damages and cargo to be $1.65 million.