Sudden, severe weather sank towing vessel off Galveston, NTSB report reveals

Severe weather caused an overwhelming towline force and unrecoverable heeling that led to the capsizing and sinking of a towing vessel near Galveston, Texas, last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said earlier this week.

On May 13, 2024, while towing the barge Marmac 27 astern on an 800-foot (240-metre) long wire, the towing vessel Baylor J. Tregre​ encountered severe weather, listed to port, capsized and sank.