HONOLULU — Coast Guard personnel along with experts from the Pacific Environmental Corporation (PENCO) Wednesday completed clean up of oil and hazardous material from the fishing vessel Wahine Kepaloa II, which ran aground Dec. 29 on Ni’ihau.
The Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team supervised clean up of diesel water, propane, batteries, refrigerant and other hazardous materials [...]
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Grounded Fishing Vessel Clean Up Completed
Pilot’s License Suspended Following Damage to LNG Facility
SAVANNAH, Ga. – An administrative law judge has suspended Pilot John C. McCarthy III’s license Friday for eight months, with additional 12 months probation, after ruling that the Coast Guard proved its case of negligence and misconduct against him.
The judge’s decision stemmed from a March 14, 2006, incident on the Savannah River where the tank [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – January 4th
1897- Assistance to lost persons near Oak Island, New York. At 8:30 p.m. the keeper received word by telephone that a gentleman and two ladies, who had left the station at 4 p.m. In a small boat making for the mainland, they had not yet reached their home. As the weather was foggy [...]