Personal locator beacons (PLBs) and emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) are tools that most boaters hope they will never have to use, but they can literally save your life. Able to ...

When a ship sinks, the first priority of any rescuer is to actually locate the vessel in distress. It may seem easy, but in comparison to the size of an ocean, its not! That's where an EPIRB comes in.

In the 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing her crew of 29, many advances in weather and technology have made bulk carrier shipping safer. Improvements include more real ...

Doha: The State of Qatar, represented by the Doha Joint Rescue Coordination Center under the Qatar Armed Forces, will host the 73rd session of the Council of the International Satellite System for ...

Coast Guard Captain of the Port – San Juan set Port Condition WHISKEY, Wednesday, for all seaports in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgins Islands due to Tropical Storm Erin, according to a press release.

The activation of an Epirb (Emergency position indicating radio beacon) on the yacht alerted the Coast Guard by beacon signal, that someone was in difficulty in this area and immediately the lifeboat ...

A sailor whose yacht sank after going aground on a submerged rock off the coast of Wales was pulled from the cold water by rescuers guided precisely to his location by an emergency beacon. Chris ...

A dozen search and rescue organisations will share in more than $76 million in government funding to equip volunteers, train specialist staff and maintain infrastructure. The money would be split ...