On September 23, 2025, a commercial fishing vessel reportedly named Ambition capsized near the entrance to the Alsea River by Waldport, Oregon. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Columbia River received a mayday around 5:40 a.m. from the vessel, which was...
On September 20, 2025, emergency crews in West Baton Rouge Parish responded to a nighttime boating accident on the Intracoastal Waterway near Choctaw Bayou. According to the West Baton Rouge Fire Department, firefighters and medics—assisted by bystanders—pulled two...
On September 20, 2025, a nighttime crash on South Holston Lake in Sullivan County left one person dead and another seriously injured. According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), a bass boat carrying two people struck a pillar supporting the Highway...
On September 14, 2025, at about 3:45 p.m., a boat exploded while anchored in Belvedere Bay off Harrison Township, Michigan. Authorities reported two adults and two minors were on board when the engine compartment flamed up as they attempted to get underway, ejecting...
On September 14, 2025, emergency crews responded to a serious boating accident off the north end of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, near Bowditch Point. Officials reported that a 36-foot vessel struck a stationary barge with seven people aboard. According to the Coast...
On September 13, 2025, just after 11:00 a.m., the U.S. Coast Guard received a report that a 17-foot pleasure craft had capsized off the Texas coast near Sargent with two adults and one teen aboard. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Houston–Galveston launched an Air...
Late Wednesday September 10, 2025, near Newell, West Virginia, a dredge vessel owned by Tri-State River Products flipped while reportedly carrying about 12,000 gallons of diesel. A light sheen was observed, and cutting booms were deployed quickly to contain it. No one...
On September 3, 2025, near Unimak Pass in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands (about 20 miles north of Akutan Island), reports indicate 27-year-old Baxter Cox sustained fatal injuries while working aboard the 58-foot fishing vessel Halcyon. According to the Alaska Department of...
On September 10, 2025, near the entrance to the Galveston Ship Channel by the South Jetty, Port of Galveston police rescued three men from the water after a 27-foot recreational boat capsized around 4:40 a.m., according to port officials. Officers brought all three to...
Twist locks are the steel connectors that secure shipping containers to a ship’s deck, hatch covers, rail cars, and truck chassis. Each lock drops into a container’s corner casting and, with a quarter-turn of the mechanism, “twists” a cam that prevents vertical or...