Incident Description On Sunday morning, August 24, 2025, in Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, a 27-foot Robalo encountered a large wake near ICW Marker 116 in Barnegat Bay. As a result of the impact with the wake, both occupants were thrown into the water. The...
Incident description On August 23, 2025, off Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, a 47-foot boat left Salisbury Marina and began taking on water near the mouth of the Merrimack River shortly after 4 p.m. Two people went overboard as the vessel capsized. The U.S. Coast...
On August 19, 2025, in Redfish Bay, Texas, a single occupant was rescued after his small boat capsized near Corpus Christi. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi watchstanders received a 3:00 p.m. distress call from TowBoatUS and launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from...
Incident description On August 18, 2025, Missouri authorities responded to a fatal two-vessel collision on Table Rock Lake’s Kings River arm near Viola. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a southbound 2015 Regal open motorboat struck a northbound jon boat...
Incident description (Florida • August 19, 2025): Around 3:00 a.m. in Jacksonville, Florida, a vessel allided with the Main Street Bridge, damaging electrical components used to raise the span. FDOT reopened the bridge to vehicle traffic later in the day, but marine...
On August 18, 2025, in Maryland, the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier W-Sapphire reported a fire and apparent explosion. At the time, the vessel was outbound in Baltimore Harbor near the Francis Scott Key Bridge site transporting a cargo of coal. All 23 crewmembers and...
Authorities say an aluminum fishing vessel collided with a commercial tug near Florence Harbor on Pickwick Lake around 9:15 p.m. Saturday, August 16, 2025. Reports indicate two passengers from the smaller boat went overboard following the impact. One person was...
Three people were hurt in a two-boat crash at about 3:40 p.m. on August 13, 2025 on Lake of the Ozarks. The collision occurred near the 39-mile marker of the Osage Arm, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers report a 2018 MTI 48 heading eastbound...
A fire broke out aboard the ultra-large containership Marie Maersk while the vessel was sailing off the coast of Liberia on August 13, 2025. Crew members reported smoke from deck containers, activated onboard firefighting systems, and diverted toward shore for...
Three boaters from North Carolina were injured when a 1987 Cobalt reportedly exploded at Table Rock Lake near Big M Marina around 3:36 p.m. on August 12, 2025. Early reports suggest gasoline vapors in the engine space ignited when the operator tried to start the...