A 200 ton barge capsized on the Hudson River near the town of New Hamburg, New York. The barge was docked at the Tilcon Trap Rock stone quarry with a 1,000 ton cargo of of stone when workers noticed the barge had developed a leak. The leak caused the barge to list over. Before workers could pump out the water, the barge capsized dumping its cargo of stone to the bottom of the river. No workers were injured. A crane has been sent to help right the overturned barge.
The 43-foot tug boat Richardson’s Bay was lost off the shores of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California. The tug had left for Pacifica to retrieve a lost skiff when vessel began to capsize. The crew was able to make a distress call to the Coast Guard before the 2 crewmen abandoned the tug. One man was able to grab a life ring while the other was able to reach an inflatable boat. The man in the life ring was later rescued by the Coast Guard. He was being treated for hypothermia and shock at a nearby hospital. The other man is still missing. The inflatable raft was discovered washed ashore, but no signs of the missing man. The Coast Guard called off the search the next day.
A 13-meter long motor vessel capsized and sank off the small island of Lampedusa, Italy. The vessel was loaded with over 200 migrants encountered rough conditions after departing from Zuwarah, Libya. The Malta Coast Guard began a search and rescue mission after someone on the vessel had used a satellite phone to make a SOS call. Italian Coast Guard has rescued 48 survivors while a fishing vessel rescued another 3 from the water. High winds and rough seas has hampered rescue efforts. There are 130 to 250 people still reported as missing.
