MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard searched the rugged northern California coastline for two days looking for the 57 year old male boater whose 10 foot boat was found aground near Mendocino, California on the 25th of December. At approximately 8:00 PM on the 26th of December, the boat operator walked back safely [...]
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Efforts Underway To Clean Up Gulf Oil Spill
HOUSTON – Efforts are continuing toward the cleanup of the oil spilled when a pipe ruptured Sunday morning 30 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas.
The motor vessels Brutis and Ampol Recovery are on scene. The weather has calmed enough that at 7 a.m. today, cleanup crews were able to start skimming operations. They will continue [...]
Pipeline Rupture in Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON – The light crude oil pipeline that ruptured 30 miles south east of Galveston, Texas, Sunday has continued to leak oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
An overflight sent out by Plains Pipeline yesterday to view the spill site spotted a light sheen, which is approximately two miles long and 100 yards wide. The flight [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs Cruise Ship Crewmember
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard received a call at 4:30 p.m. Monday from the captain of the cruise ship Zaadam about a 40-year-old male who needed medical evacuation. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point responded with two units to assist on the case.
Crewmembers of an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter and a C-130 search plane responded late [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Mexican Fishermen
SAN DIEGO, CA – The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue yesterday of two Mexican fishermen who had been adrift in the ocean near the Coronado Islands on their capsized boat for five days.
A helicopter crew out of Air Station San Diego spotted the overturned skiff about 11:15 a.m. while patrolling off the coast [...]
Tug Seneca Refloated
Grand Marais, MI – Last Friday, while most of us were making last minute Christmas plans, the Coast Guard and recovery crews were hard at work refloating the Tug Seneca. Crews dug a trench to tow the boat away from the beach.
The Seneca was being hauled back to its home port after undergoing repairs [...]
Historic Bridge Replacement Proposed
The New Jersey Department of Transportation has proposed a replacement for the historic bridge on State Highway 36, between Highlands and Sea Bright. Last week the Coast Guard issued a public notice regarding the proposal. Comments may be made concerning the proposal until January 25,2007.
You can read the notice, which includes diagrams of the new bridge, [...]