Authorities have confirmed that two people died following a vessel capsizing incident in the Eel Pond area off Edgartown, Massachusetts. The incident occurred late Thursday morning, January 1, 2026, and prompted a multi-agency emergency response involving local fire...
Four boaters were rescued by the United States Coast Guard on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, after their vessel capsized approximately 30 miles north of Key West, Florida. Officials said the incident unfolded during the evening hours, when seas were running between two...
A fatal fire aboard a tourist vessel in Bangladesh claimed the life of a crew member on Saturday, December 27, 2025, after flames erupted inside the ship’s engine room while it was berthing at a dock in Cox’s Bazar. Authorities confirmed that the vessel, Atlantic...
Authorities are responding to a major chemical incident in Channelview, Texas, after an estimated one million gallons of spent sulfuric acid were released early Saturday morning at an industrial facility along the Houston Ship Channel. Officials say the leak is now...
Fire crews responded late Thursday night to a boat fire in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida canal after a vessel became fully engulfed in flames. The incident occurred just after 11:30 p.m. on December 26, 2025, in a canal south of River Reach Drive. Fort Lauderdale Fire...
A commercial fisherman was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after his vessel caught fire approximately 100 miles west of Clearwater, Florida, according to Coast Guard officials. The incident occurred on Sunday, December 15, 2025, far offshore in the Gulf of Mexico....
An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, commonly known as an EPIRB, is a life-saving distress device designed to help locate vessels and individuals during maritime emergencies. EPIRBs are used worldwide on commercial vessels, fishing boats, and recreational...
On November 2, 2024, an engine room fire broke out aboard the dredging vessel Stuyvesant while it was holding station on the St. Johns River near Jacksonville, Florida. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that one crewmember was removed by the...
First responders rescued three fishermen after a small fishing boat overturned in Tomales Bay near Dillon Beach, California, on Friday, December 12, 2025. Marin County Firefighters and deputies with the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a capsized...
A nighttime boating trip in the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal turned dangerous on December 6, 2025, when a 30-foot center-console boat struck a fixed navigational marker near Chestnut Springs Road in Chesapeake City. The collision occurred shortly before 11...