The towing vessel Nickelena was transiting the Straits of Mackinac, while towing a deck barge and transporting a crawler ...

There were no injuries, and no pollution was reported, but damage to the Mackinac Bridge was estimated at $145,000.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the contact of the Nickelena’ s towed crane on ...

A captain and barge company managers not identifying the crane they were towing was too high to pass under the Mackinac ...

A miscalculation by a towing vessel’s crew and managers led to a crane striking the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan’s Straits of ...