Story and photo by Walter Garschagen A windmill icon has begun appearing on British Admiralty charts of waters off the coasts of the United Kingdom, Denmark and other European countries. In the last five years, hundreds of wind turbines have been built offshore, where they are able to capture up to 25 percent more wind than shore-based turbines.These wind farms…

Gene Pelland said fellow skippers warned him not to accept a job as captain of musician Billy Joel's fleet of pleasure craft. The Rhode Island native pointed out that professional yacht captains live by a simple credo: "Don't mow the owner's lawn." That means captains who work for a private owner want to limit their work to the boats they…

Jay Martin, a tug dispatcher for Crowley, gazed at his computer monitor, tracking the movement of vessels in the nation's busiest port complex, Los Angeles/Long Beach in Southern California. Martin's job is to make sure the four tugboats operated by his company in Los Angeles/Long Beach are at the right place at the right time. His computer displays in real…