Recreational boating can be enjoyable, but the water can become dangerous quickly. A short trip on a lake, bay, river, or coastal waterway can turn into a serious emergency when a boat capsizes, someone falls overboard, a child is not wearing a life jacket, or an...
Firefighters responded to an engine room fire aboard the Dole Colombia at the Port of Wilmington in Delaware on Monday, August 10, 2026. The vessel, which was reportedly carrying bananas, is more than 600 feet long and flagged under The Bahamas. According to reports,...
The United States Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of 22 crew members from the motor vessel Min Jiang Kou after the ship experienced an engine room fire approximately 630 miles south of Costa Rica on Thursday. The Min Jiang Kou is a Marshall Islands-flagged vehicle...
A 27-year-old mother and her 5-month-old daughter died after a 22-foot speedboat capsized near Liberty Island in New York Harbor on Saturday night, August 8, 2026. Authorities said the vessel overturned at approximately 10:25 p.m., sending all 14 people on board into...
A 69-year-old Bourne man suffered serious burns after a small vessel caught fire at Phinney’s Harbor near Monument Beach in Bourne, Massachusetts, on Saturday, August 8, 2026. Bourne police and firefighters responded around 4:28 p.m. after receiving a report of a boat...
A 61-year-old Tampa Bay doctor was killed and another person was injured after a boat struck a rock jetty near Picnic Island Park in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, August 8, 2026. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported that two people were...
Six people were taken to the hospital after a boat crashed onto Grays Rock off Marblehead, Massachusetts, late Thursday night, August 6, 2026. Emergency crews responded shortly after 11:00 p.m. to a report of a boating accident near State Street Landing. Officials...
On August 3, 2026, a worker was killed in a cargo operations incident at the Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk Marine Terminal in Maryland. According to the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, the accident occurred at approximately 9:00 a.m. when a worker was struck...
On July 25, 2026, a 16-year-old boy was killed in a boat crash near the Bird Island Basin boat ramp on the Laguna Madre side of Padre Island in Kleberg County, Texas. According to Texas Game Wardens, the crash was reported at approximately 6:15 a.m. and involved a jon...
On July 30, 2026, four people were hospitalized after a pleasure boat exploded and caught fire at the gas docks of TowBoat US at Roy’s 2.0 marina on South River Road in Harrison Township, Michigan, according to the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies and other...