U.S. Coast Guard

Another fact-finding expedition into why Jacksonville-based cargo ship El Faro sank in the Caribbean two years ago is set to take place Tuesday, this time…

The U.S. Coast Guard wants boat owners to secure their vessels while they still have time before Hurricane Irma’s effects are felt on the First Coast. And…

A year after convening its first hearing into the sinking of cargo freighter El Faro, the U.S. Coast Guard wrapped up its third and final fact-finding…

JACKSONVILLE — Week 1 of U.S. Coast Guard hearings into the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro are scheduled wrapped up Friday, with the families of the…

Updated at 4:50 p.m.The Marine Board of Investigation Wednesday questioned weather tracking company representatives over the accuracy and timeliness of…

Software used to calculate a ship’s stability isn't always accurate. That’s what one witness told a Coast Guard panel investigating the October sinking of…

Coast Guard rescuers resorted to paper maps during the El Faro search effort in October. That’s because glitches in new vessel-tracking software kept…

Emotions ran high over the weekend as families of the El Faro crew heard Captain Michael Davidson’s distress calls for the first time.The Marine Board of…

Blame is being pointed at the deceased captain of the El Faro cargo ship at a Coast Guard hearing in Jacksonville this week.Representatives of the…

More than four months after the El Faro cargo ship sank in the Caribbean, Coast Guard officials are gearing up for hearings next week in Jacksonville to…