The construction of two new oceanographic research ships, the Oceanographer and the Discoverer, are underway in Houma as part of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration project. The goal of ...

Ships travel past Southport along the Cape Fear River all the time, and it's not uncommon to see crowds gather at the city's waterfront to get a look. On Thursday, ship watchers were treated to ...

After 39 years of service to NOAA and its predecessor agency, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the NOAA ship Whiting is being decommissioned today in a ceremony at its home port in Norfolk, Va. The ...

Two ships heading to a scientific mission off the coast of Alaska helped locate the wreckage of a fishing vessel that's been missing since February. The NOAA ships found the Destination ship on ...

Officials warn that if regional Integrated Ocean Observing System readings go dark, coastal forecasts will become less precise, endangering commercial fishermen, cargo ships and coastal communities.