Infrastructure damage has yet to be determined after barges broke loose from a vessel and struck a stationary structure at the entrance to the Portland Canal near the McAlpine Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Louisville, Ky.
Ten of 11 barges broke loose and three settled against the lower McAlpine Dam structure in the incident that occurred shortly after 2 a.m. March 28. The vessels carried soy, corn and 1,400 tons of methanol.