WGBH

U.S. Coast Guard abandons plan to remove navigational buoys in the Northeast

FILE - A large navigation buoy hit by strong winds and waves off the coast of Puerto Rico in this August 2015 photo. Mariners across New England are elated with the decision by the United States Coast ...
Homeland Security Today

Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Rebuilds Current Rock and Steven Cay Lights in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Coast Guard Sector San Juan’s Aids to Navigation Team completed a rebuild project for the Current Rock and Steven Cay navigation lights in the U.S. Virgin Islands Aug. 22, 2022. Destroyed during ...
The Providence Journal

'Almost unfathomable': Why some want to sink Coast Guard's plan to remove dozens of buoys

The Coast Guard says that the way boaters navigate has changed in the era of GPS and electronic charts, but many smaller vessels lack that technology. Proposed changes would mean removing 6% of the ...
Newsday

U.S. Coast Guard buoy removal plan isn't floating well with some in Huntington

A U.S. Coast Guard plan to modernize maritime navigation systems could include removing hundreds of buoys and other markers in the Northeast, and that has the attention of Huntington officials, who ...