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, ...

A new state law has made it easier for municipalities to remove abandoned boats. But finding the money to pay for the costly disposal remains a challenge.

Beneath the peeling paint and rusted decks of derelict boats, there's a deeper human story. Oregon’s waterways face a crisis as abandoned and derelict boats pile up. Left behind by owners unable to ...

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 ...

The sailboat had seen better days. Sitting in the water at Hilton Head’s Cross Island Boat Landing, it’s brown with rust and mud. The boat’s mast pokes above the water as cars rushed across the the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Question : Must a trailer have a boat on it to be considered a vehicle ? A neighbor got rid of his old boat a long time ago but ...

Removing shipwrecked, abandoned or deserted boats from Bluffton waterways will now be a coordinated effort between the town, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and nearby jurisdictions ...

This is the fourth in a week-long series of columns written to coincide with national Newspaper Week. The columns highlight examples of high-impact reporting by our journalists and take you behind the ...

Pennsylvania's new law, Act 28 of 2025, is helping municipalities remove abandoned boats from waterways, addressing unsightly litter across the state.

This past winter, a mysterious 30-foot sailboat washed up on the shores of the Connecticut River in East Hartford. The boat was secured by ice, but local agencies were puzzled as to how a sailboat ...