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SouthCoastToday.com
April 28, 2018
WESTPORT — Search for seabirds on a guided cold-water paddle tour of Westport Harbor April 28 hosted by Westport Land Conservation Trust and Osprey Sea & Surf Adventures. Begin at Westport's iconic Point of Rocks and cross the Devil's Pocket to Bial Point. Learn about Westport's coastal wildlifeÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 28, 2018
The Harvey's cargo security officer seemed especially eager to expedite the unloading of his ship, but he could not explain to port authorities why his ship should be given priority over the dozens of others—so ... By December 2, Harvey was merely one of nine huge 14,000-ton Liberty ships in the harbor.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
April 28, 2018
The destroyer USS Preble is back home in Pearl Harbor, and thousands of sailors and Marines are on the town with the arrival Friday of an aircraft carrier strike group and big amphibious assault ship. Read More Ãâ÷ Please click here to log in to view this story. – or –. NEW SUBSCRIBERS - Choose a packageÃâà...
KITV Honolulu
April 27, 2018
"It's pretty bad," boat owner, Kathy Lawson said. "Trash.. to beds to clothes, plastic, Styrofoam, you name it.. it's here." DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation says the debris comes from upstream in the Ala Wai Canal. The recent pile-up flowed into the harbor after torrential rains hit Oahu nearlyÃâà...
SoMdNews.com
April 27, 2018
It is not known if any Pearl Harbor survivors are still living in the state today, Mike Davis, 69, said, adding that the Maryland Chapter of the Pearl Harbor ... He was ordered to the USS Oglala, a mine-sweeping ship, but when he arrived at Pearl Harbor, the order was changed to the repair ship USS Medusa.
AZCentral.com
April 27, 2018
More water attractions and improved amenities are in place at Lake Pleasant, just in time for the hot days ahead. The lake's two marinas — Scorpion Bay and Pleasant Harbor — have invested millions in upgrades to the popular Phoenix-area destination off State Route 74 in Peoria. Here's what to expectÃâà...
KHON2
April 27, 2018
HONOLULU (KHON2) - Cleanup of the Ala Wai Small boat Harbor began Thursday after weekends of heavy rain. The flooding washed a load of debris into the harbor, which can become a hazard for boaters. Crews filled about four large containers full of debris on Thursday. The clean-up will continue overÃâà...
amNY
April 26, 2018
So he was fairly certain the dark-colored mass lying about 30 yards off the shore in Seagate, Brooklyn he inspected from a small boat Tuesday was a whale carcass. It even appeared to have grooves indicating it had been sliced by a propeller and a light-colored portion that jutted from the water that lookedÃâà...
Press Herald
April 25, 2018
First of more than 100 cruise ships this season arrives in Portland Harbor ... Artania, a Bermuda-flagged cruise ship, eased into a berth at the Maine State Pier Wednesday morning, the first cruise ship of the season to arrive in Portland. By Nov. 7, cruise ships will have docked in Portland 118 more times.
Patch.com
April 11, 2018
The Gig Harbor Police Department will host a boat safety class for the public on Sunday, April 29th. ... GIG HARBOR, WA - From the Gig Harbor Police Department: On Sunday, April 29, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., the Gig Harbor Police Department Marine Services Unit will be providing FREE boatingÃâà...
Journal of the San Juan Islands
April 11, 2018
A nearly century-old island business will be turned over to the Port of Friday Harbor. Port commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of Jensen Boat Yard and Marina at the Wednesday, April 11 meeting. “We thank the port for seeing [the shipyard] as something that's special in this community,” saidÃâà...
Post Analyst
April 11, 2018
Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ:RUN) enjoyed a weak run from the open in trading on 04/10/2018 with increased volume coming into the shares and a close higher. Volume approached 2.44 million shares vs. average over the past 3 months of 2.29 million shares. The regular trading kicked off at $8.28 but as theÃâà...
Green Matters
April 11, 2018
Since 2012, both the Inner Harbor and Patapsco River have recorded failing grades in terms of water quality. Goals to make the harbor itself active by 2020 through the Healthy Harbor initiative look gloom thanks to waste that enters into from sewage systems when it rains. Not only does this affect sea life,Ãâà...
Blaine Northern Light
April 11, 2018
Spawning herring in Semiahmoo Bay have attracted sea lions, seals and multitudes of birds to the mouth of Drayton Harbor in recent weeks. Todd Sandell, a senior forage fish biologist with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, found herring spawn outside Drayton Harbor in SemiahmooÃâà...
GolfDigest.com
April 11, 2018
The Heritage is easily Hilton Head's biggest deal of the year, unless an imposing 12-foot alligator emerges from the ocean and heads toward a crowded .... Harbour Town is an actual harbor but if its contents are “boats” then I'm Dionne Warwick; these are behemoth warships that are worth more than yourÃâà...
cleveland.com
April 10, 2018
The Vermilion Harbor is supposed to be dredged every two to three years, but hasn't required dredging for five years due to high water levels in Lake Erie, ... The recent high water levels have allowed the harbors to avoid unsafe navigation conditions and negative economic impacts on charter fishing boatsÃâà...
The cordova Times
April 10, 2018
A fundraiser dinner, featuring Parmesan chicken with noodles, salad and bread, will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 13 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. A chicken tender kids meal will be offered for children 10 years and under for $8. The adult meal costs $18 and take-out is available.
Virgin Islands Daily News
April 9, 2018
Imagine climbing a rope and wood ladder up the side of a huge ship three miles out at sea, in the middle of the night, with heavy rain, wind and high seas. Now imagine doing that several times a week. That's the challenge for harbor pilot Eric Dobson, who brings cruise ships, cargo ships and large yachtsÃâà...
OCRegister
April 9, 2018
A man was pulled from the water with injuries after a small sailboat crashed into a jetty at Dana Point Harbor on Monday, April 9. The crash was reported at about 1:30 p.m., according to Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department. A male driver, the only person in the boat, wasÃâà...
KABC-TV
March 30, 2018
The popular tours allow people to get an up-close and personal, behind-the-scenes look at the Port of Long Beach. KABC. Thursday, March 29, 2018 10:28PM. LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) --. Registration for the Port of Long Beach's Harbor Tours begin on April 2. The boat tours are free and require online reservations.
Curbed LA
March 30, 2018
Terminal Island native Kanshi Stanley Yamashita says a .5-mile square harbor was built along the ocean on Terminal Island. ... By 1918, most of the canneries, including Van Camp Seafood (now Chicken of the Sea, whose cannery in San Pedro closed in 2001) and the American Tuna Company, were fullyÃâà...
KTOO
March 30, 2018
His concerns include the requirement that all boats be titled, like a car. Deering said he can see how that might be helpful when selling a boat. But, people have been successfully selling boats in the state for a long time without titles. “It's potentially OK, but it's also potentially kind of a pain in the neck with anÃâà...
Seacoastonline.com
March 29, 2018
New Hampshire's congressional delegation is calling on federal officials to allocate funding for an emergency dredging of Hampton Harbor. ... current conditions limit space for boats to unload at the Yankee Fisherman's Cooperative on the Seabrook side of the harbor, heightening the risk for boat collisions.
KHON2
March 29, 2018
HONOLULU (KHON2) - If you've driven along Ala Moana Boulevard recently, you likely noticed an unusually large addition to Honolulu Harbor. The Danish container ship, Sofie Maersk, arrived Monday from Mexico and docked at Pier 2. The U.S. Coast Guard tells us the ship was on its way to China whenÃâà...
WorkBoat
March 29, 2018
“Everybody should and could get out on the water,” he said, emphasizing that safety is a priority and a shared responsibility. “How do sailboats interface with containerships? How do human powered vessels interface with motor vessels? What are the things that different classes of boaters and users think isÃâà...
KRBD
March 29, 2018
Ketchikan's Thomas Basin Boat Harbor is seen from a visiting cruise ship. ... A bill meant to discourage boat owners from abandoning derelict vessels in public waters is moving through the Alaska Legislature. ... “And that applies not just to the big boats, but everything right down to the little 14-foot Lunds.”.
Charleston Regional Business
March 23, 2018
For the past week, though, the USS Laffey has had a friend (ships can totally be friends) across the harbor: The future USS Ralph Johnson, a guided missile ... The ship's namesake, Marine Pfc. Ralph H. Johnson, was a Charleston native who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for diving on aÃâà...
NBC4i.com
March 23, 2018
Coast guards had attempted to break them free from the ice Wednesday, but they were unable to get close enough to the dolphins since the water was too shallow. By Thursday morning, it became clear the pod was trapped in the harbor, and the wall of sea ice that appeared to be closing in on the dolphinsÃâà...
Naval Sea Systems Command
March 23, 2018
Some of the most common sights on the water during a ship docking are tugboats with lines strung between them and the ship, and log broncs, the smallest boats used at the shipyard, darting around wherever needed. It is no small irony that these mammoth ships with such powerful capacity and sizableÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 23, 2018
LAKE PRESTON, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota sailor who died in the Pearl Harbor attack will be buried in his hometown next week. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says the remains of Navy Water Tender 2nd Class Porter Rich of Lake Preston are being returned to his family for burial with fullÃâà...
Fox Baltimore
March 22, 2018
BALTIMORE (WBFF) - A Maryland distillery has unveiled its unique brand of premium rum to the world, and it has a unique connection to the Inner Harbor. Tobacco Barn Distillery, based in Hollywood, St. Mary's County, ages its "U.S.S. Constellation" rum aboard a historic ship docked at the Inner Harbor. On Thursday, theÃâà...
The Advocate
March 22, 2018
“Stamford Harbor is the biggest open-air space in the city used for recreation … the second-busiest commercial harbor in the state … and thriving with a surprising amount of life,” Capt. Eric Knott, the state-appointed harbormaster, told the Board of Representatives' Parks & Recreation Committee TuesdayÃâà...
GraysHarborTalk
March 21, 2018
Tsunami and earthquake experts will be in Grays Harbor County on April 11, for presentations focused on tsunami hazards, alert messages and preparing residents to be at least two weeks ready for disaster. Officials from the Washington Emergency Management Division will be joined by the WashingtonÃâà...
Marquette Mining Journal
March 21, 2018
The Marquette County Board of Commissioners voted to support a grant application for the Big Bay Harbor of Refuge expansion project after a public ... The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Land and Water Conservation Fund grant, if received, would support the addition of a floating dock systemÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 21, 2018
Sail along Maine's coast and Canada's Bay of Fundy with Pearl Seas Cruises ... Explore the charming ports, scenic rivers and historic harbors of Maine on a new Pearl Seas Cruises itinerary that sails north to Canada's Bay of ... On the return trip to Maine, the ship visits Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor.
OCRegister
March 20, 2018
Newport Harbor's Ethan Talley celebrates the win over Corona del Mar in the championship game of the O.C. Championships at Edison High on Monday. (Photo ... But the Sailors rebounded from the first-set loss and came from behind in the the next two for a 19-25, 26-24, 19-17 victory over the Sea Kings.
Newsweek
March 20, 2018
The video shows the 8,000-container Tolten ship, operated by the Hapag-Lloyd company, scraping along the side of a 6,350-container, Hamburg Bay, operated by Eastern Pacific ... According to The Frontier Post, port authorities said, “Approximately 55-60 containers from the ships fell into the sea.
Alaska Dispatch News
March 19, 2018
A 28-year-old fisherman was arrested after stabbing another crew member on a commercial fishing boat in the Aleutian fishing hub of Dutch Harbor Friday, Unalaska police said. Police in Unalaska received a report that a crew member aboard the F/V Aleutian Sable had been "badly injured" in a knife attackÃâà...
Capital Press
March 17, 2018
On March 3, all eight Corps navigation locks on the lower Columbia and lower Snake Rivers were closed to recreational and commercial river traffic for routine annual maintenance, inspection and repairs. Ice Harbor, near Burbank, Wash., at Snake River mile 10, and Lower Monumental, near Kahlotus,Ãâà...
Miami Herald
March 17, 2018
The Russian spy ship Viktor Leonov, which the Pentagon has been monitoring because it has sailed uncomfortably close to U.S. waters on several occasions, docked at the port of Havana on Friday. Photos taken by CNN's Havana correspondent, Patrick Oppmann, show the ship sailing past an AmericanÃâà...
WNDU-TV
March 15, 2018
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Nearly $800,000 is being awarded to Benton Harbor in southwestern Michigan to replace water meters and a fire engine. The funding is part of more than $5 million in grants awarded by the state Treasurer's office to 11 cities through the Financially Distressed Cities,Ãâà...
Wicked Local Provincetown
March 15, 2018
PROVINCETOWN — The rusty 42-foot dragger, Artemis, arrived in the harbor in July and even nor'easter Riley couldn't quite get rid of it. ... Harbormaster-Pier Manager Rex McKinsey said on Friday that he did not know the boat was coming to Provincetown until after it arrived and was unaware of itsÃâà...
Rockport Pilot
March 15, 2018
Aransas County Navigation District (ACND) Harbor Master Keith Barrett reports fishing has been phenomenal since the hurricane. ... The bulkhead at Fulton Harbor, the Copano Bay kayak launch site on Airport Road, Howard Murph Park on FM 1781, and the Copano Causeway boat launch are also goodÃâà...
Wicked Local Truro
March 15, 2018
PROVINCETOWN — The rusty 42-foot dragger, Artemis, arrived in the harbor in July and even nor'easter Riley couldn't quite get rid of it. ... Harbormaster-Pier Manager Rex McKinsey said on Friday that he did not know the boat was coming to Provincetown until after it arrived and was unaware of itsÃâà...
Green Bay Press Gazette
March 15, 2018
STURGEON BAY - The giants of the Great Lakes fleet will be making their way to open water starting March 23, according to the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding departure schedule. Winter is repair and maintenance season at Bay Shipbuilding with the Winter Fleet moored for the season in the Sturgeon BayÃâà...
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
March 14, 2018
Councilor Ed Glaser, a former long-time harbor master for Rockland, said that the city needs to invest in a new harbor management plan. This comes as the city faces a controversial proposed expansion of Yachting Solutions marina as well as a continued intense debate over the value of cruise ship visits toÃâà...
OCRegister
March 11, 2018
That's how Mitch Bremermann described what happened to his small cardboard boat after he took it out onto the calm waters off Baby Beach in the Dana Point Harbor, paddle in hand and ready to race. “It went very poorly,” he said with a chuckle after his makeshift boat, if you can call it that, got soggy andÃâà...
Maui News
March 11, 2018
A crew in a rescue boat launched and attempted to locate the abandoned canoe to tow it back to the harbor, but firefighters were unable to find it in darkness and rough seas, he said. “It was last seen floating just below the surface and drifting toward shore on the north side of the west breakwater,” TaomotoÃâà...
The News Herald
March 11, 2018
But when boat Capt. Kevin Moak got to Destin Harbor on Tuesday morning, he saw the diesel puddle and knew there wasn't much time. The fuel was in a holding ... An approaching storm would push water from the drainage pipes, overflow the diesel-filled ditch and send the fuel into the harbor. Moak madeÃâà...
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
March 11, 2018
HARPSWELL — For most people, Sunday is a day of rest, but for the past two months, Ann Flannery and her team of young boat builders have been hard at work. In mid-January, Flannery, a longtime woodworker and Cundy's Harbor resident, launched a program for local children ages 6 and older knownÃâà...
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