Chesapeake Bay News

The latest Chesapeake Bay news affecting powerboaters, anglers, and anyone living or working on the Chesapeake Bay. For Chesapeake business-related news, visit our Chesapeake Business News page.

November 20, 2017
Recently, MarineMax Baltimore launched its Service Express mobile app in the Baltimore area to make scheduling boat service easier.
November 20, 2017
True Heading launches AIS CTRX GRAPHENE MOBWATCH, a new AIS (Automatic Identification System) Transponder for the pleasure boat segment with unique new functionality.
November 20, 2017
Shipwright Harbor Marina is now owned and operated by Herrington Harbour Marinas with many improvements underway.
November 20, 2017
The Marine Trade Association of Maryland is pleased to announce the hire of Lia Jaros in support of the Marine Trades Industry Partnership (MTIP).
November 20, 2017
On August 1, 1987, Sterling Acceptance Corporation, opened its doors for the very first time.
November 17, 2017
Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Deputy Secretary Jim Ports joined Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Assistant Secretary Allan Fisher and Maryland Department of Transportation
November 17, 2017
When my three youngest sons were ages six, eight, and 11, and our black lab Cleopatra was more youthful than she is today, one of our favorite pastimes was throwing a tennis ball from our floating doc
November 17, 2017
The idea of a maritime museum in Deltaville, VA, got its start in 2000 when Ms. Pette Clarke donated her home to be used as a museum.
November 17, 2017
Each year around Thanksgiving (November 23), we like to ask our staff and contributors what they’re grateful for this year.
November 14, 2017
Grand Banks Yachts Limited is excited to announce the North American introduction of the pioneering and highly anticipated Grand Banks 60 at the Newport International Boat Show.
November 14, 2017
Italian yacht builder Austin Parker has announced the appointment of Chesapeake Yacht Center as its dealer for the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
November 14, 2017
Wayne Hamilton started Hamilton Marine out of his garage in Searsport, Maine, in 1977. As an avid boater, he saw a need on the waterfront for a diverse marine supply store.
November 14, 2017
Snag-A-Slip, an online boat slip reservation company, announces that it has closed a $4.8 Million Series A financing round led by Claritas Capital.
November 14, 2017
On November 13, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Menhaden Management Board voted to continue with the status quo for managing the menhaden fishery rather than immediately adop
November 13, 2017
Around 7:20 a.m. on November 12, the commercial spaceflight company Orbital ATK successfully launched its Cygnus spacecraft aboard an Antares rocket, bound for the International Space Station.
November 10, 2017
In mid-October, NOAA reported a new discovery; that one of the most common and well-studied jellyfish species along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico is actually made up of two species.
November 10, 2017
In honor of Veterans Day, Governor Larry Hogan announced today that all military veterans, including resid
November 9, 2017
The Nature Conservancy and Maryland Department of Natural Resources have announced the completion of the first stage of a major new project to restore floodplain connectivity to a nine-mile stretch of