HOUSTON – A 4-inch transportation pipeline ruptured in Galveston, Texas, and leaked approximately 210 gallons of crude oil into Trinity Bay on Sunday, May 13.
Masters Resources notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston about 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The rupture was due to corrosion.
The Coast Guard and Texas General Land Office personnel are monitoring the [...]
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Coast Guard monitors pipeline rupture in Trinity Bay
Coast Guard Medevacs 72-Year Old Woman
SITKA, Alaska – A 72-year old female complaining of appendix pains aboard the M/V Noordam was medevaced by an HH-65 Jayhawk and crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka early Tuesday morning.
The Jayhawk flew 35 nautical miles north of Sitka to Chatham Strait and conducted hoist operations with the cruise ship. Excellent coordination with [...]
Coast Guard Offers Hands-On Damage Control Training to Mariners
JUNEAU, AK – The Coast Guard will offer free hands-on vessel damage-control classes during the Little Norway Festival in Petersburg on May 18, 19 and 20. Coast Guard representatives will utilize a mobile damage control trainer unit to give commercial vessel operators an opportunity to hone their skills at plugging a holed hull or [...]
Coast Guard to Examine Commercial Fishing Vessels in Petersburg
JUNEAU, AK – Vessel examiners from Coast Guard Sector Juneau will conduct free courtesy dockside exams of commercial fishing vessels in Petersburg, AK from May 14 to May 20, 2007. Vessels that fully comply with Coast Guard regulations will earn decals that will lessen their chances of being subject to Coast Guard boardings while [...]
Coast Guard Offers Free EPIRB Testing at Little Norway Festival
JUNEAU, AK – Coast Guard representatives will test Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) for both commercial and recreational boaters during the Little Norway Festival in Petersburg on May 18, 19 and 20. Owners of 406 MHz EPIRBs can bring their EPIRBs to the Coast Guard booth at the festival on a first-come, first-served [...]
Salvage of sailing vessel complete; C&D Canal open to all vessel traffic
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A commercial salvage company successfully raised the sailing vessel Heron from the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal at about 11:30 a.m., pumped out the remaining water and placed the vessel on a crane barge.
Following a survey by the Army Corps of Engineers survey boat Shuman, the waterway was [...]
Rescue Swimmer Graduation to Mark 25th Anniversary
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard’s newest rescue swimmers will graduate from the Aviation Technical Training Center on the Elizabeth City, N.C., Coast Guard base at 8:45 a.m Friday.
The ceremony will also mark the 25th anniversary of the inception of the Coast Guard’s rescue swimmer program.
After the ceremony, the first [...]