(coastguardnews) The Coast Guard adjourned the formal hearings, Thursday, concerning the Jan. 23, 2010, incident involving the tank vessel Eagle Otome, the Gull Arrow and the tug Dixie Vengeance. The incident resulted in more than 400,000 gallons of oil being spilled into the Sabine-Neches waterway.  READ MORE

(powerboat-world) BoatU.S., the Boat Owners' Associatioin of the United States, keep a great count of what they do. The result is statistics which tell a story that probably applies to the rest of the boating world. This time it's about why boaters - yachts and powerboats, need a tow. As many yachts cannot reach their mooring or dock without the help of their engine, yachts are well included in these numbers.  READ MORE

(news.sky.com) It's not an easy first day at work but the 'conveyance', as it's officially known, is a rite of passage for this ship.  The Celebrity Eclipse sailed down the River Ems in Germany and in a nerve-wracking manoeuvre managed to squeeze through the shipyard entrance.  READ MORE

(cape cod times) B.J. Haseotes' father, Byron, preached several things to his children as they grew up in Southeastern Massachusetts and on Cape Cod. There was family, business and fishing.  READ MORE

(soundings) The Obama Administration has proposed using expanding zoning to coastal and even some inland waters, which has raised concerns among fishermen that their favorite fishing holes could soon be off limits.  READ MORE

(beaumontenterprise)  By the time Eagle Otome's bow cut across the middle of the Sabine-Neches Waterway, the Dixie Vengeance's leading barge had nowhere to go but straight into the tanker's massive orange hull, the towboat captain testified Wednesday.  READ MORE

(coastguardnews) Coast Guard and Alaska Air National Guard helicopters crews found the Skagway hiker around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday after four unsuccessful attempts since Monday due to dense fog near Meade Glacier in the Tongass National Forest east of Haines.  READ MORE

(yachtE) If you have watched the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, you may have seen some new and very dynamic sport disciplines, such as the Ski-Cross or Speed-Skating; four to six people on a downhill or oval racecourse - very spectacular and very emotional - the crowds went crazy – the same can happen with sailing – speed sailing.  READ MORE

(AP) An 800-foot tanker struggling with poor visibility and strong winds apparently failed to center itself in a narrow waterway off the Gulf of Mexico, possibly contributing to a collision with a tugboat that caused the largest oil spill in Texas in 15 years, according to testimony and evidence presented at a Coast Guard hearing on Tuesday.  READ MORE

(latimes) Reporting from Manama, Bahrain - Although pirates last year made many more attempts to board ships in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia, the number of successful seizures was about the same as in 2008, according to the U.S.-organized multinational maritime force here.  READ MORE