GRAND MARAIS, MI – The Coast Guard and environmental response contractors have developed a plan for recovery of the Tug Seneca, currently run aground in Lake Superior.
Earlier this week, weather conditions, forced the Coast Guard and contractors to suspend pollution response operations for the Seneca. During that period, pollution responders assessed the effectiveness [...]
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Tug Seneca Recovery Plan
Ships Engineers Indicted for Hiding Oil Discharges
SAN FRANCISCO – Two engineers on the M/T Captain X Kyriakou have been indicted by a federal grand jury for falsifying the ship’s log to cover up illegal discharges of sludge and waste oil into the ocean.
When the Coast Guard inspected the ship last month, they discovered a pipe that was used to bypass [...]
Woman’s Body Recovered in Yaquina Bay
NEWPORT, OR – The Coast Guard recovered the body of a 51 year old Newport woman on Wednesday morning near Port Dock 7 in Yaquina Bay.
The body was taken to the Coast Guard dock where she was pronounced dead. Newport police Sgt Jason Malloy said that the woman had jumped from the Yaquina Bay [...]
Coast Guard Repatriates 16 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur has repatriated 16 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba today.
The crew of the patrol vessel, Peter Gladding, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel, spotted a makeshift vessel December 3 with 14 male migrants on board 12 miles southwest of Marquesas, Fla. They [...]
Cutter Venturous Returns From Patrol
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, returned home today after a 35-day patrol in the Straits of Florida.
During the final day of the 2006 World Championship Super-boat Race in Key West Harbor, the Venturous, along with other state and local law enforcement agencies enforced a security zone to ensure that onlookers maintained [...]
Coast Guard Repatriates 28 Dominican Migrants
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chincoteague repatriated 28 Dominican migrants pier side to La Romana, Dominican Republic, at approximately 5 p.m. today.
The crew of a Customs and Border Protection C-12 aircraft located the migrants at 7 p.m. Wednesday, approximately eight nautical miles northeast of Isla Saona, Dominican Republic. [...]
New Coast Guard Intelligence Specialist Rating
The Navy Times reports that the Coast Guard is less than 18 months away from starting up an intelligence specialist rating for enlisted personnel.
Commandant Adm. Thad Allen approved the new rating Nov. 2, directing a human resources team to map out guidelines and qualifications criteria, said Cmdr. Linda Ingram, chief of work force management for [...]