The federally mandated national system is estimated to cost $200 million, but some mariners have already set one up from Maine to New York – for $50,000.
The US Coast Guard was mandated by Congress in 2002 to enhance the security of the nation’s ports and waterways through a Nationwide Automatic Information System (NAIS). [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2007’
CGNewsTip: America’s Ship-Tracking Challenge
Three Boaters Rescued in Tillamook Bay
SEATTLE – Two teens and one adult were rescued today after their canoe capsized in Tillamook Bay.
The three boaters from St. Helens, Ore., who were wearing life jackets, were found holding onto buoy 14 when the 23-foot rescue boat crew from Tillamook Bay arrived. The two man boat crew transported the boaters to shore [...]
Maritime Security Zones Enforced for USS Gridley and Super Bowl Festivities
MIAMI – As a result of the arrival of the Navy vessel, USS Gridley (DDG 101), and NFL Super Bowl festivities located at Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami, the Coast Guard will establish two security zones starting Saturday and remain in effect until Feb. 10.
The Coast Guard and its partners will also enforce the Naval [...]
Merchant Ship Rescues 14 Senegal Sailors Off Cape Cod
NEW YORK-Fourteen Senegal nationals arrived in Brooklyn today aboard a merchant ship after being plucked from their 60-foot catamaran about 800 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass., Saturday afternoon. All 14 rescued, reportedly in good physical condition, were placed in the care of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command [...]
BOSTON – Coast Guard Cutter Flyingfish patrols up the Mystic River towards the Tobin Bridge today, after suspicious packages were reported on the Longfellow and Boston University Bridges. A portion of the Charles River, from the Museum of Science to the Boston Harbor locks, was closed from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today. Coast Guard [...]
Cartoon Network Promotion Terrorizes Boston
BOSTON – The Coast Guard re-opened the closed portion of the Charles River, from the Museum of Science to the Boston Harbor locks, 5 p.m. today.
The river was closed after suspicious packages were reported on the Longfellow and Boston University Bridges about 1 p.m. today.
Coast Guard Cutter Flyingfish, homeported in Boston, patrolled Boston Harbor near [...]
CGNewsTip: Boat Refugees Rescued Off East Coast
Boat Refugees Rescued Off East Coast
NEW YORK — Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection officials met a freighter off the Brooklyn coast on Wednesday to question 14 African men who had been rescued at sea.
Customs officials said the men, who range in age from 23 to 43, were on a British registered [...]