The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to remove nearly three dozen navigation buoys that serve as aids in Rhode Island's coastal waters warning boaters of rocky underwater reefs and channels where a ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to remove nearly three dozen navigation buoys that serve as aids in Rhode Island's coastal waters warning boaters of rocky underwater reefs and channels where a ...

As part of an effort to modernize how mariners navigate, USCG has proposed getting rid of roughly 350 buoys across the Northeast. That’s around 6% of all federally maintained aids to navigation ...

Some officials in New Bedford and Dartmouth say the U.S. Coast Guard should listen to SouthCoast feedback before removing ...

Stuck said there are about 5,700 federal aids to navigation, including 4,600 buoys. Stuck said the navigation system is built using steel buoys on steel chains — and, in the salty ocean water, that’s ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Aids to Navigation are buoys, day beacons, lights, and signals used to help a navigator figure out the position or safe course, ...

In the Local Notices To Mariners of April 15 (LNM District 1; Week 16) the Coast Guard listed the locations of buoys that would be discontinued.. The buoys targeted for removal mark harbor entrances, ...

Specifically, the Coast Guard’s plan calls for the removal of approximately 350 buoys across the Northeast, which is about 6% of the federally maintained aids to navigation (AtoN).

The Coast Guard says it will accept public comments on its proposal to remove about 350 of the 5,640 buoys and navigational aids that it maintains from northern New Jersey to Maine.

A navigational buoy off the Guernsey coast has been replaced to improve safety for shipping in the area. The new refurbished Lower Heads South Cardinal buoy will help vessels safely avoid rocks ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to remove nearly three dozen navigation buoys that serve as aids in Rhode Island's coastal waters warning boaters of rocky underwater reefs and channels where a ...