17 Filipino seafarers safe after Mississippi River vessel collision

The Department of Migrant Workers confirmed that all 17 Filipino crew members aboard the Atlantic Asphalt are accounted for and safe after the tanker collided with an American passenger riverboat on the Mississippi River on Nov 13. - Photo: DMW

MANILA: Seventeen Filipino seafarers were confirmed safe after the tanker they were aboard collided with an American passenger riverboat on the Mississippi River, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Sunday (Nov 15).

The incident involved the tanker Atlantic Asphalt and the riverboat American Heritage near the Port of New Orleans in Louisiana on Nov 13.