Ottawa Alarms, more buoys among safety updates for Wolfe Island ferry after damage: MPP Vessel is believed to have struck bottom in December, leading to months of repairs ...

Real-time course monitoring and navigational alarms that will sound sooner in strong winds are among the safety updates planned for the Wolfe Islander IV after the ferry was damaged, according to ...

Four self-locating datum marker buoys, SLDMBs, were also deployed to support the Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System, refining drift predictions in changing sea conditions.

Escambia County Emergency Management created a vessel exclusion zone in the Pensacola Beach soundside in effect during the Pensacola Beach Air Show The 250-yard zone prohibits boaters from mooring ...

While the vessel exclusion zone is in effect, boaters are prohibited from anchoring their boats within the red buoys.

Obey marker buoys and idle zone restriction areas, use navigational lights and anchor lights between sunset and sunrise, and obey the speed limits.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Friday a boater safety bill named after a teenage girl who was killed in a Biscayne Bay vessel crash that also seriously injured her friend, and in which ...

Marine salvage crews continued to work on Friday night to free the cruise ship, Goodtime I, that hit a reef and ran aground on Lake Erie.

The Escambia County Emergency Management Agency deployed 24 buoys and signage in the sound side of Pensacola Beach, creating a vessel exclusion zone for the upcoming air show.

“Find your attractor, mark it with a floating device like a marker buoy, then start your plan,” Duncan said.