Clatsop Community College has acquired an enclosed motor lifeboat, donated by the U.S. Maritime Administration from the M/V Cape Horn at Vigor Shipyard in Portland. The donation, received by the ...

Magician “Crazy” Chris Harris has found a new custodian for his dream project of converting an old lifeboat and giving her a ...

El Faro lifeboat This photo of an El Faro lifeboat found during search and rescue efforts were introduced as an exhibit during the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Hearing on El Faro's ...

Based on photos of El Faro’s lifeboats, it’s unlikely either of them were able to launch before the ship sank, according to an official with Palfinger Marine. And even if they had, the odds were ...

Two months after the U.S. Coast Guard released 36 recommendations designed to prevent future marine tragedies following the sinking of the El Faro, the agency's chief agreed to implement just under ...

In the 1950s, use of inflatable life rafts became widespread in the maritime community, when large ships began to carry them as spare survival crafts. These early inflatable rafts could automatically ...

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment, said Wednesday it was launching an innovative range of lifeboats and davits which set new standards for compact and lightweight lifeboat-based evacuation solutions. "By ...

A Victoria, B.C., couple is making a splash documenting their adventures aboard Luja, a former BC Ferries lifeboat that’s been given new life as a tiny home. Over the past year, Dani Tate-Stratton and ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — El Faro's surveyor says they did annual inspections of the ship's lifeboat operations, but they don't have to see the boats get in the water. And they’re boats that wouldn’t be ...