Boat News

• The Tsunami From Tongan Volcanic Eruption Also Caused An Oil Spill In Peru
  
  The Tsunami from the Tongan volcanic eruption rocked a boat while it was filling oil, causing a spill off the coast of Peru.
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 19 Jan 2022.
• Channel migrant crossings: 168 people arrive in Dover on Tuesday bringing 2022 total to nearly 1,000
  
  Six boats were intercepted or rescued by Border Force officials and brought to the Port of Dover across yesterday, according to the Home Office. It brings the figure to almost 1,000 people already this year.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 19 Jan 2022.
• Tsunami sends 'violent' waves that cause boat to spill thousands of oil barrels into ocean off Peru
  
  The eruption of a Tonga volcano sent "violent" waves across the Pacific and caused a boat loading oil about 6,200 miles away to topple, spilling thousands of barrels into Peruvian waters.
  Sky News.  Wednesday, 19 Jan 2022.
• Boat carrying dozens of migrants comes perilously close to a P&O ferry as they cross the Channel
  
  UK authorities have intercepted more than 800 migrants in the Channel so far this year - more than three times the 223 who sailed across the Narrow Sea in January 2021, official figures show.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 18 Jan 2022.
• Leverburgh lifeboat station in Harris saved from closure
  
  RNLI Leverburgh in Harris will operate with a smaller boat following recruitment issues.
  BBC News.  Tuesday, 18 Jan 2022.
• Coast guard rescues trapped duck hunters near Cape Cod
  
  A group of hunters near Barnstable Harbor became stuck when their boat became trapped during low tide.
  Fox News.  Monday, 17 Jan 2022.
• Priti Patel asks MoD to put navy in charge of policing Channel migrant boats
  
  Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed she has asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to put the Royal Navy in charge of policing small boats crossing the Channel.
  Sky News.  Monday, 17 Jan 2022.
• Channel migrants: Thirty rescued as man dies off French coast
  
  The man fell overboard from a migrant boat in what is thought to be the first fatality this year.
  BBC News.  Friday, 14 Jan 2022.
• Garmin (GRMN) Boosts Portfolio With Marine Stereos, Speakers
  
  Garmin (GRMN) introduces marine stereos and speakers to provide an enhanced entertainment experience to boaters.
  Zacks.  Wednesday, 12 Jan 2022.
• US Coast Guard rescues Haitians from unseaworthy sailboat off coast of Florida
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard pulled 176 Haitians from an overloaded, unseaworthy wooden sailing vessel as it approached the Florida Keys, officials said.
  Fox News.  Tuesday, 11 Jan 2022.
• Dramatic video captures cliff collapsing on tourist boats, killing 10
  
  One video, shared on social media, showed the minute before the incident, with people warning that "lots of stones are falling."
  CBS News.  Monday, 10 Jan 2022.
• Cliff Collapses on Boaters in Brazil, Killing 10
  
  The tragedy in Minas Gerais state gripped the nation because it was captured on videos that showed an immense slab of rock smashing into pleasure boats.
  New York Times.  Sunday, 9 Jan 2022.
• 7 dead, 3 missing after cliff collapses on tourist boats in Brazil
  
  A video that was posted on social media showed tourists on other boats in the Furnas Lake shouting "get out of there" right before the rock fell.
  ABC News.  Sunday, 9 Jan 2022.
• Wall of rock falls on boaters in Brazilian lake; 6 killed, dozens injured
  
  A towering slab of rock broke from a cliff and toppled onto pleasure boaters drifting near a waterfall on a Brazilian lake Saturday and officials said at least six people died.
  ABC News.  Sunday, 9 Jan 2022.
• More than two years after Conception dive boat fire, Coast Guard unveils new safety rules
  
  The interim rules also come more than a year after Congress mandated that the Coast Guard review its regulations for small passenger vessels.
  Los Angeles Times.  Saturday, 8 Jan 2022.

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