The U.S. National Safety Board has determined that poor bridge resource management and miscommunication between the pilot and master was the probable cause of last year’s accident involving the U.S.-flagged MT American Liberty. The 2017-built double-hulled tanker struck several moored vessels, barges and wharfs along the left descending bank of the Lower Mississippi River near Reserve, Louisiana, on May 16, 2019, as the river was in major flood stage. One serious and three minor injuries were reported in connection with the accident that caused a reported $40.5M in damage. No pollution was reported. “While the NTSB did not issue any safety recommendations in our report, that does not mean there are not life-saving lessons to be learned from this accident,” said Morgan Turrell, Acting Director of the NTSB’s Office of Marine Safety. “There could have been a very different outcome in this accident, and failure to learn from it could cause a similar and potentially deadly accident to happen.”