Tugboat sinks, barge grounds near Long Island after towline parts

摘要

The U.S. Coast Guard is inves-tigating how a towline parted, leading to a barge running aground on the South Shore of Long Island and the tugboat sinking. The 26-foot tugboat Pushy was towing the 125-foot barge Weeks 236 from the Robert Moses Causeway Bridge on Jan. 13, said Lt. Cmdr. Bill Grossman, chief of the Investigations Division for Coast Guard Sector New York. The vessels, owned and operated by Weeks Marine of Cranford, N.J., had been used in a painting and renovation project.