# Tanker slams into docked New Orleans river cruiser carrying 129 passengers, sparking rescue

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6 outlets covering · First listed: Fox News, Nov 13, 2026, 2:42 PM · Read it: <https://www.foxnews.com/us/tanker-slams-docked-new-orleans-river-cruiser-carrying-129-passengers-sparking-rescue>

The Atlantic Asphalt tanker slammed into the docked American Heritage cruise ship on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday afternoon.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 13, 2026, 2:01 PM: [Tanker collides with riverboat with 129 passengers on board in New Orleans: Officials](<https://abcnews.com/US/vessel-collision-port-new-orleans-emergency-crews-responding/story?id=138119847>) — ABC News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
  The incident occurred Friday on the Mississippi River.
- Nov 13, 2026, 2:09 PM: [Tanker collides with river cruiser near Port of New Orleans](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMidkFVX3lxTE4zUkNHeV90RU5pOGdxRnJlcWZQaXJyNWktQjJRaEkxOW93Q1JiTkVjUExIODBrcjN1SndDd1pGVFZpS3d3dDltbG1SOGhpRUVTcVdWZ0Q0M2Z3MUZzek1pM1NObExPbDhLekFfa0hJU0VDbE94QXc?oc=5>) — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
- Nov 13, 2026, 2:21 PM: [Rescue underway after a tanker collides with a New Orleans riverboat](<https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rescue-underway-oil-tanker-collides-new-orleans-river-boat-rcna609235>) — NBC News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
  A riverboat with over 100 passengers was struck Friday in New Orleans by a much larger tanker ship, capsizing the cruise vessel and prompting a major rescue effort in the Mississippi River.
- Nov 13, 2026, 2:38 PM: [Tanker hits river cruise boat in New Orleans, rescues underway](<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tanker-cruise-collision-mississippi-river-new-orleans/>) — CBS News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
  A tanker struck a river cruise ship on the Mississippi River near the Port of New Orleans Friday, partially submerging the passenger boat.
- Nov 13, 2026, 2:42 PM: [Tanker slams into docked New Orleans river cruiser carrying 129 passengers, sparking rescue](<https://www.foxnews.com/us/tanker-slams-docked-new-orleans-river-cruiser-carrying-129-passengers-sparking-rescue>) — Fox News (TV network, United States, rated Right)
  The Atlantic Asphalt tanker slammed into the docked American Heritage cruise ship on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday afternoon.
- Nov 13, 2026, 3:03 PM: [Tanker crashes into river cruise ship carrying over 100 passengers in Port of New Orleans](<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4803302/tanker-crash-river-cruise-ship-new-orleans-port/>) — Washington Examiner (Magazine, United States, rated Lean right)
  A tanker collided with a cruise ship carrying over 100 passengers on the Mississippi River near the Port of New Orleans on Friday afternoon, prompting a large emergency response. The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. when an Atlantic Asphalt tanker crashed into the American Cruise Lines’ American Heritage, which was docked on the Mississippi River,