Skipper of Mark Beaumont boat speaks of lucky escape
It was the rower’s equivalent of the four-minute mile: to cross the Atlantic in under 30 days of gruelling, relentless oar strokes. Yet in the end, al it took was two rogue waves and just ten seconds to dash dreams of a world record and almost cost the six-man crew their lives.
Post to Twitter40-foot boat explodes at marina in Washington state; 1 man seriously injured
(Washington Post) Wash. — A 40-foot boat that exploded at a marina on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula Tuesday evening broke windows, inflicted shrapnel-type damage on other nearby vessels and seriously injured a 78-year-old man, firefighters said. READ MORERoyal Yacht Britannia set to reopen to public after getting fresh lick of paint
(Scottish Daily Record) FINAL work is under way today to the Royal Yacht Britannia as it prepares to reopen to the public after being repainted. The yacht is now back in its permanent berth in Edinburgh after it was moved to a dry dock earlier this month for maintenance. READ MORE8 crew missing after ship sinks in Black Sea storm
Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkish authorities have scrambled divers, helicopters and coast guard ships in an effort to find and rescue eight crew members missing after a cargo ship sank in a storm off Turkey's Black Sea coast Tuesday night
Endeavor: Fill ’Er Up, Biodiesel
Ship carrying rocket parts hits Kentucky bridge
(USA Today) LOUISVILLE – The voyage of a cargo boat that carries space rocket components to Florida's coast for NASA and the Air Force has stalled in a western Kentucky river after it slammed into an aging traffic bridge. The bow of the Delta Mariner was covered in twisted steel and chunks of asphalt from the two-lane bridge. The boat hit the bridge Thursday night on the Tennessee River on its way to Cape Canaveral, Fla.Cape Cod dolphin strandings a mystery
(Wicked Local) Brewster - It’s been a bad couple of weeks for dolphins, but the worst is over. At least 86 common dolphins have stranded along the beaches and marshes of Cape Cod Bay since mid-January. The International Fund for Animal Welfare released 24 back into the open ocean, mostly from beaches in Provincetown.New Bedford harbor led nation in November oil spills
(South Coast Today) NEW BEDFORD — November 2011 was not a good month for oil spills in New Bedford Harbor: Of the seven untraceable spills that month nationwide, five were here, said marine safety technician 1st class Nathan Pierce. READ MOREMonongahela River Closed After Allision
The Coast Guard oversaw the removal of two barges, Thursday, that broke away following an allision on the Monongahela River.
The salvage crews coordinating the recovery of the submerged barge will remain on scene overnight, and recovery efforts will resume early Friday morning.
