JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is investigating a fatal confined space incident that occurred Sunday aboard the freight barge Waynehoe approximately 25 miles northwest of Ketchikan. Of the four crewmembers involved in the incident, two are deceased. The other two crewmembers are reported to be in stable condition. Deceased are Ben Fowler and […]
On Friday evening at 5:30 pm, troopers in Galena were notified of a woman had fallen into the Yukon River and would fail to surface. Troopers and local people from Galena responded to the scene to attempt retrieval by 6 pm. The investigation at the scene would find that 33-year-old Marie Sheldon had been sitting […]
[content id=”79272″] At 4:40 on Wednesday afternoon Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a fatal boat collision on the Kuskokwim River. According to AST a 119-foot tug was towing a 285-foot barge on the river near Oscarville when a 14-foot skiff collided the rear end of the barge. The skiff operator, 22-year-old Henry Alexie of […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska; Aug. 27, 2019) – Crowley Fuels has signed construction contracts to build a 55,000-barrel, articulated tug-barge (ATB) that is specifically designed to serve the Western Alaska market with delivery of clean fuel products. The 410-foot ATB will have enhanced performance features for the demanding river and sea conditions of Western Alaska, an […]