Archive for July 8th, 2010

Barge sinks tour boat in Philadelphia, 2 passengers missing

The Delaware River is a busy site for both tourism and shipping, a fatal combination on Wednesday. An amphibious tour boat — a boat that can travel on land and water — was struck by a barge while stopped in a shipping channel.The Duck boat, as they’re commonly called, capsized and sank. Thirty-five of the [...]

Accident in 2003 made Staten Island ferry shape up

STATEN ISLAND AND MANHATTAN — The Staten Island ferry moves 65,000 people between Staten Island and Manhattan every weekday, and it does so with practiced efficiency and predictability. It follows a regimented routine for every aspect of its operation. But it wasn’t always that way. Before a 2003 accident on the Andrew J. Barberi ferry [...]