WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Rotting hulls. Leaking oil. Tangled fishing lines. Abandoned and derelict vessels pose growing problems in waterways nationwide, leading to safety risks, environmental harm, ...

The cleanup bill has also become a public expense: Florida spent about $13 million removing abandoned vessels in 2024 alone.

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - A collaboration between state agencies, Charleston County, the City of Charleston Harbor Patrol and a local nonprofit successfully removed two abandoned boats from ...

A bill in Harrisburg is trying to eliminate the issue of abandoned boats. KDKA-TV has extensively reported on boats being left behind and no one claiming them. Then, after jumping through several ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – As the owner of a marina, Kate Gervais is used to seeing boats in the water. But for the last couple of days, she's been seeing them in the air. The Washington Department of Natural ...

Several apparently abandoned boats berthed at poles on the western side of Porirua Harbour could be forcibly sold if none of their owners come forward.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — As a spring tide on Broad Creek ebbed in the early afternoon of Sept. 10, the hull of what had once been a modest sailboat revealed itself just past the ramp at Cross Island Boat ...

Abandoned boats and docks are littering the waters of one of Atlanta's favorite playgrounds: Lake Lanier. But it's not just that they're ugly. They're dangerous. Sharp pieces of jagged metal drift ...