After 30 years of earning paychecks on the water, I’ve realized that Murphy’s law is, well, overly optimistic: If something can go wrong, it will. And when it does, it’s ­usually at the worst possible ...

A life raft is an essential part of safe boating. It’s also one thing you are probably happy to pay for but hope you never actually have to use in an emergency. While once used only on boats, these ...

Fishermen in Southeast Alaska are learning about new safety requirements for life rafts that take effect later this month. The changes are included in past Coast Guard re-authorization bills and will ...

— -- The Walla Walla ferry can carry a maximum of 2,000 passengers on its run 10 times daily between Kingston and Edmonds, Wash., but it has life rafts for only 600 people if they must abandon ...

Dubai and Esbjerg, Denmark: Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading offshore support vessel company, and marine and fire safety equipment leader VIKING Life-Saving Equipmenttoday jointly announcedthe ...

Commercial fishermen scrambling to buy life rafts for their boats this winter can rest a little easier. Congress has changed a new law that would have required life rafts for fishing boats traveling ...