McKinleyville, CA – The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a medical transport of a 52-year-old male from the container ship Lily Oldendorff late last night.
At approximately 9 p.m. last night Coast Guard Group Humboldt Bay received a call from the container ship Lily Oldendorff requesting assistance from the Coast Guard for a 52-year-old male who suffered [...]
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Coast Guard Conducts Multi-Unit Medevac From Container Ship
Coast Guard Oversees Recovery Operation of Sunken Tug Andrea J
MILWAUKEE – Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan is investigating the sinking of the tug Andrea J in the Milwaukee Inner Mooring Basin after it sank in 25 feet of water as it was tied off to another vessel at a pier located within the mooring basin at approximately 8:30 a.m. today.
No personnel were onboard [...]
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Support Worker ID Program
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to Lockheed Martin Corporation – Transportation and Security Solutions of Rockville, MD worth $70 million for the initial deployment of a credential for workers requiring access to secure areas of port facilities.
The contract supports the deployment of the Transportation [...]
Mr. Lighthouse, Ken Black, Dies at 82
With his family and close friends around him, the man known around the world as “Mr. Lighthouse,†and founder of the Maine Lighthouse Museum, CWO Kenneth Black, (USCG Retired) passed away peacefully at the Penobscot Bay Medical Center Hospital in Rockport, Maine, on Sunday, January 28 at the age of 82.
Black is largely credited as [...]
Coast Guard Catches Shrimping Vessel in Prohibited Area
10,000 Pounds of Rock Shrimp Could Be Seized
MIAMI – The Coast Guard Cutter Bluefin is currenlty escorting the 77-foot shrimping vessel, The Shootist, to Fort Pierce, Fla., after it was located operating in a prohibited area of Oculina Banks Habitat Area of Particular Concern, today.
Law enforcement officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noticed [...]
CGNewsTip: Federal Probe Blasts Coast Guard Program
Federal probe blasts Coast Guard program
A federal investigation concluded that the U.S. Coast Guard’s multibillion-dollar fleet modernization program run by Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. has design flaws that have led to spiraling maintenance costs and, without a fix, could reduce the longevity of the spiffed-up ships.
Because of design deficiencies, the [...]
CGNewsTip: Lockheed Martin Wins $70M ID Contract
Associated Press Business News: Lockheed Martin Wins $70M ID Contract – MSN Money
The Department of Homeland Security on Monday formally announced the award of a $70 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp., the nation’s largest defense contractor, for secure identification cards for port workers.
The contract supports the deployment of the Transportation Worker Identification [...]