US towing gets safer in 2014

摘要

Crew fatalities and accidents in the towing vessel sector in the United States improved slightly in 2014, according to the most recent government data. In a report covering towing industry safety from 1994 to 2014, the US Coast Guard (USCG) revealed that there were four crew fatalities in 2014, the lowest annual number on record. Three of the deaths were the result of crew members falling into the water. The fourth was a result of a crane barge striking a bridge, which caused the crane to collapse on the pilothouse of the vessel. Towing vessel accidents, including reportable marine casualties that involved any towing vessel or barge, fell 3% on 2013 to 1,797.