The Coast Guard has recommended manslaughter charges against the operators of the tugboat that crashed into a Miami Yacht ...

The Coast Guard’s Rules of Navigation, which dictate maritime law, stipulate who has the right of way in the waterways and set forth conditions for lookouts on vessels.

The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed that the captain of the tugboat involved in Monday’s deadly collision, which claimed the lives of two young girls attending a sailing camp, was tested for alcohol, ...

GONZALES — Marquette Transportation's president and other company officials on Saturday placed blame for the Sunshine Bridge crash squarely on the tugboat captain and pilot, saying they failed to ...

A tugboat captain involved in an oil spill off the Marin County coast is liable for the government’s $14 million cleanup, a federal judge ruled. The boat operator, Christian Lint, died from other ...

The loss of the Fitzgerald left people stunned. The tragedy spurred new safety measures and change among shipping companies, ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The captain of the tugboat pulling the SS United States to Mobile encountered strong winds and high waves off the coast of Virginia Beach. Captain Mike Vinik is commanding the ...

The captain of our ship handed over the controls to a local tugboat pilot as we navigated through the Corinth Canal, the ...

A tugboat captain's error caused an articulated tug and barge (ATB) to strike and damage the fending system protecting the Hylebos Bridge in Tacoma, Wash., last ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A safety-escort tug that ran aground two years ago on Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, site of the Exxon Valdez disaster, went astray because of an inattentive captain ...