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2 Polish brothers dead in Argentine yacht tragedy.

Despite the availability of satellite navigation systems, and ships that are awash with electronics, maritime buoyage still matters, particularly in pilotage waters where visual aids provide the best possible way of marking a channel or identifying obstructions. These days, buoys can be "intelligent" in that they have radar reflectors to help them show up on ship radars, possibly fitted with electronic beacons that show up on electronic charts and even made individually identifiable through their own Automated Identification System signatures. Buoys still remain very useful indeed.

Hoegh Osaka safely towed to Southampton

Salvors Adjusting Hoegh Osaka's Ballast System.

Salvors Adjusting Hoegh Osaka's Ballast System.

Al Qaeda targets oil tankers in Gibraltar.

Distressing footage shows turtles washing up on Brazilian beaches covered in a black oily substance.

Death by noise: Sound of ships kills marine mammals in Mumbai.