BOSTON – The Coast Guard responded to reports that the 180-foot barge Sei 17 sank in Quincy Shipyard in Quincy, Mass., with no one aboard, spilling an unknown amount of diesel fuel into the water at about 8:45 p.m., today.
“Assets from Station Point Allerton arrived on scene shortly after the Coast Guard received notification, and [...]
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Barge Sinks Spilling Diesel Fuel into Water
Coast Guard Responds To Oil Spill near Venice, LA
Venice, LA- The U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Olreans is responding toan oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from a well head located approximately 60 miles south of Venice, Louisiana.
The spill of crude oil was discovered around 8:00 a.m this morning andresulted in a two mile by eight mile heavy sheen. It [...]
Coast Guard Intercepts, Repatriates 64 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI – Cuban migrants interdicted in four events were repatriated by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba, Sunday.
The crew of the Cutter Drummond interdicted a go-fast vessel carrying 29 migrants and two suspected smugglers 35 miles south of Dry Tortugas, Fla., Monday. The two suspected smugglers were [...]
Coast Guard Airlifts 2 from Martha’s Vineyard
BOSTON – An Air Station Cape Cod HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew airlifted two people from Martha’s Vineyard Hospital to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston in separate flights this morning.
The first flight landed 3:13 a.m. after transporting a 76-year-old female suffering from a head injury after she slipped and fell.
The helicopter crew launched again from the island [...]