Tanker hits docked river cruise ship in New Orleans
A tanker ship has collided with a river cruise boat docked in New Orleans with around 130 passengers onboard, leaving the vessel partially submerged.
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A tanker ship has collided with a river cruise boat docked in New Orleans with around 130 passengers onboard, leaving the vessel partially submerged.
A tanker collided with a docked river cruise ship carrying more than 100 passengers and crew members on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday, leaving the smaller vessel partly submerged and setting off a rescue operation. The Atlantic Asphalt tanker collided with the American Heritage, operated by American Cruise Lines near the Port of New Orleans,
Search and rescue operations were continuing after the riverboat, which had 129 people aboard, was struck by a tanker ship on Friday afternoon, the authorities said.
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<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3850,w_5786/744765' alt='This general view Israeli owned cruise ship MS Crown Iris at the port of Piraeus in Athens on June 3, 2026, during a demonstration against Israeli tourists visiting Greece. (photo credit: Aggelos NAKKAS / AFP via Getty Images)
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