A barge carrying 192 shipping containers that ran aground in the Bahamas and was quickly looted has returned to Jacksonville, ending a stormy journey that will likely result in millions of dollars in insurance claims.
The barge, known as the Brooklyn Bridge, was being towed Nov. 11 to Puerto Rico when high winds kicked up and a tow wire snapped, FirstCoast News, FreightWaves and other news sites reported. The barge, carrying food, household goods, medical equipment and electronics, ended up on a reef off the Bahamas.
Looters soon descended, using bolt cutters and prybars to