NEW ORLEANS- A Coast Guard Air Stations New Orleans HH-65C helicopter crew medevaced 43-year-old Anthony Fontenot of California from the Chevron Viosca Knoll 900 oil rig approximately 85 miles southeast of New Orleans this afternoon.
The air station received a call at 4:16 p.m., reporting that an offshore supply vessel’s crewmember was suffering from an apparent [...]
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Vessel Traffic Limitations Lifted on the Mississippi River
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard reduced restrictions today on the Mississippi River from mile marker 181 to mile marker 182 to vessel traffic transit.
The only remaining restrictions include no passing and no meeting situations in the affected area, and vessels are required to transit at the slowest safe speed possible.
The river was closed Thursday [...]
Coast Guard Rescues 8 Off The Carolinas
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued the crews of two sailboats caught in a storm packing 35 mph winds and 40-foot seas along the coast of North and South Carolina today.
The first rescue took place when Kevin Hogan, Tom Allen, Jacob Hogan, Peter Cousino and Michael Kramer onboard the 44-foot sailing vessel Kintaro requested [...]