waterway and maritime transportation

During National Maritime Day in Baltimore, the public got to board an "army boat," see model ships made of Legos and learn about an array of careers tied to the port of Baltimore.

This couple had a cruise ship proposal and a nautical-themed wedding.

Raymond J. Hiser Sr., a retired illustrator who was a volunteer aboard the Liberty ship SS John W. Brown, died.

How to experience the area's natural beauty ¿ and how to protect it

The nonprofit steward of Baltimore's tall ship Constellation has been awarded an $89,596 grant for the continuing preservation of the historic sloop-of-war.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources reminded boaters last week to look out for zebra mussels and prevent their spread.

Selling Sail Baltimore

When rockfish season opens April 18, anglers will likely be catching a number on their way to lay eggs in the Susquehanna, Choptank and other rivers, rather than on the way down after shedding their loads. That worries sportsmen.

Walter Scott, the 50-year-old unarmed black man who was killed by a white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., this week, previously served for two years in the U.S. Coast Guard at Curtis Bay in Baltimore, the agency said Thursday.

Does Baltimore need millennials? Perhaps if they behaved better

With the promise of sweet bay breezes and lazy afternoon boat rides, the lure of owning a piece of Maryland waterfront can be strong. But making waterfront dreams a reality can be a complicated process.

Coast Guard, federal prosecutors focus on ships that dump oily waste at sea.

If not for Coast Guard icebreakers, Port of Baltimore would have been frozen shut

Rick Campbell calls what he does "the second-oldest profession of mankind."

Sheets of ice up to a foot thick have crippled small boats, prevented night docking at the port of Baltimore and kept one Coast Guard cutter busy tending to stranded Chesapeake Bay islanders for more than a week straight amid this month's freeze, the worst in decades.

Kieron Quinn, a retired attorney who practiced admiralty and environmental law, died of cancer complications Feb. 13 at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Riderwood resident was 73.

What could be harder than destroying 600 tons of Syrian chemical weapons? Doing it while floating on a ship in the Mediterranean.

On insular Tilghman Island, many folks are outraged that William Lednum is in a federal prison. Not because of his crime: poaching rockfish in violation of state and federal law. No, they're upset that this fourth-generation islander and chief of the volunteer fire department will be serving a year and a day behind bars for pursuing his livelihood.

Inside a cavernous steel dry dock on the waters of Curtis Bay, beneath the raised hull of Baltimore's iconic Constellation, William Jackson worked with his hands Thursday in a trade he never thought would be his.

The Royal Caribbean cruise liner Grandeur of the Seas returned to Baltimore a day early on Monday after more than 200 passengers and crew members became sick.

President Barack Obama unveiled a nearly $4 trillion budget proposal on Monday that would boost spending on infrastructure, medical research and education — and that stoked an ongoing fight with congressional Republicans over how to pay for those priorities.

A Japanese ship operator was ordered to pay $1.8 million for illegally dumping oil residue and bilge water into the ocean last year, as part of a plea deal in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Friday.

Big ships on the Chesapeake Bay follow strict environmental safety rules

Chesapeake's failing pollution grade is caused, in part, by foreign ships that dump their ballast here

Even if a toll ends up being kept in place for the Route 40 bridge, better provisions than are in place now need to be made to accommodate people who need to cross the Susquehanna regularly.

A Tokyo-based shipping line will pay a $59.4 million fine for conspiring with other ocean carriers to fix prices and rig bids on automobile shipments in and out of Baltimore and other U.S. ports, federal law enforcement officials said Monday.

Invasive zebra mussels — the bane of water systems and power plants in the Great Lakes area —appear to be proliferating near the mouth of the Susquehanna River, just a couple years after they were first spotted there.

The bell on the south lawn of the Statehouse in Annapolis recalls the men who served aboard "Fighting Mary," or "Big Mary" or "Mighty Mary." Her crew could call her those names; civilians knew the 32,600-ton battleship as the USS Maryland.

A memorial ceremony marking the Pearl Harbor anniversary is planned for Sunday in downtown Baltimore aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Taney, the last surviving vessel to witness the surprise attack.

Josh Suchter, 29, and the other five anglers aboard Fishtank arrived at the water at 7:30 a.m. and caught the winning fish, a 46.6-pound striped bass, by 7:50.

A mate's miscalculation of a sunken pier off Locust Point resulted in his tug boat getting gashed open, sinking and releasing 2,400 gallons of diesel fuel into harbor waters last year, the National Transportation Safety Board found.

The Coast Guard rescued two men whose boat was sinking near Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse in Annapolis Sunday afternoon, officials said.

The portion of the pier at the HarborView community collapsed and plunged into the Inner Harbor late Friday night, restricting access to the landing and closing adjacent Water Taxi service, taxi officials said on Saturday.

The portion of the pier at the HarborView community collapsed and plunged into the Inner Harbor late Friday night, restricting access to the landing and closing adjacent Water Taxi service, taxi officials said on Saturday.

Local naturalist and author Ned Tillman will compress the timeline to explain why the area's unique geography attracted the Ellicott brothers to the Patapsco Valley — and what challenges now face Ellicott City — when he leads a 90-minute walking tour along Main Street on Nov. 15.