Repair, Evaluation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation Research Program. Lock Accident Study

Abstract

Navigation locks were identified where extensive damages occur to the locks and the lock gates as a result of vessel collision. Data were collected from several sources in an attempt to qualify all damages resulting from accidents at locks including repair to the lock structure, losses due to delays, and damage to cargo and vessel. The study findings include the costs to repair 80 locks damaged by vessel impact. The statistics regarding repair costs in this report are based on data obtained from seven US Army Corps of Engineer District offices for the period from 1977 to 1987. The survey includes locks on the Upper Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and their navigable tributaries such as the Tennessee, Illinois, and Monongahela Rivers. Analyses of data bases to obtain quantitive delay and vessel damages were inconclusive. (MM)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA228627

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  • Martin E. Lipinski
  • Sandra K. Martin

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