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Posts on ‘January 26th, 2007’

Tong Chen Arrives at Barbers Point Harbor

Two Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Teams from Honolulu escort the Tong Cheng to Barbers Point Harbor for repairs.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Luke Clayton.

The Coast Guard Cutter Kiska escorts the Tong Cheng to Barbers Point Harbor for repairs.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Luke Clayton.

Two Marine Safety and Security Teams [...]

Portland Coast Guard Investigating Fishing Vessel Starrigavan

PORTLAND, Ore. – The fishing vessel, Starrigavan, is currently on the south side of the south jetty at the Tillamook Bar entrance out of the navigable channel, approximately 500 yards from the shore line. The vessel appears to be upright in approximately 12 feet of water, mostly submerged. The full extent of damage to the [...]

Coast Guard Searching for Missing Boater

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard searched for a missing boater from Des Moines, Wash., near the San Juan Islands today.
Coast Guard Station Port Angeles received a call that the boater got underway Jan. 15, aboard the 21-foot pleasure craft, Dog Breath, and was thought to be going to Blake Island. The caller reported they [...]

Coast Guard Provides Pump to Sinking Vessel

HOUSTON – The Coast Guard lowered a dewatering pump to a sinking vessel about 25 miles south of Cameron, La., late this afternoon.
A Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston watchstander received a distress call from the Gulf Master, reporting they were taking on water and in danger of sinking.
Coast Guard Air Station Houston launched a rescue helicopter [...]

Ships Chief Engineer and Second Engineer Sentenced for Pollution

WASHINGTON – The Chief Engineer and Second Engineer of the M/V Sun New, owned and operated by The Sun Ace Shipping Company based in Seoul, South Korea, were sentenced today for crimes related to vessel pollution in relation to the operation of the bulk carrier vessel, the Justice Department announced.
Chief Engineer Chang-Sig O was [...]

Deep Gulf Rescue

(By Petty Officer 3rd Class Mario Romero)
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard medevaced a crewman from an oil rig 120 miles south southeast of Sabine, Texas, early in the morning Jan. 24, 2007.
The call came in at 4:10 a.m. from a crewman on platform East Cameron 328 to a watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston. [...]

Tong Cheng to Obtain Temporary Repairs for Return to China

HONOLULU – The 485-foot Chinese-flagged cargo ship Tong Cheng that made an emergency stop at Oahu due to underwater damage has sucessfully undergone temporary repairs at Anchorage B and will be escorted to Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor for additional repairs.
“This is an excellent example of cooperation, not only between the governments of China and the [...]