Alaska tug, barge run aground after towline parts in heavy weather

摘要

A tugboat and barge ran aground in the Aleutian Islands after the towline snapped in high winds and seas. The towline broke while the 78-foot Northland Services tug Polar Wind was towing the barge Unimak Trader from Sand Point to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on Nov. 13, 2012. The tug grounded while the crew struggled to reconnect the towline in six-to-eight-foot seas and 40-mph winds just before 2100.