PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Coast Guard has not renewed the certificate of inspection for a Port Canaveral-based casino cruise ship today due to numerous safety deficiencies.
The 308-foot Surfside Princess, a U.S. flagged vessel owned by Sun Cruz Casinos, will not be allowed to embark passengers until the crew has fixed all of the safety [...]
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Casino Cruise Ship Cited for Safety Violations
Ribbon cutting ceremony set for Joint Harbor Operations Center – Correction
SEATTLE – Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Jayson Ahern, U.S. Navy Commander Submarine Group Trident, Rear Admiral Frank Drennan, and other dignitaries will be in attendance Wednesday at 10 a.m. for the Coast Guard Joint Harbor Operation Center (JHOC) ribbon cutting ceremony at Pier 36 here. [...]
Coast Guard Establishes Security Zone on Savannah River
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone on the Savannah River by the Georgia Ports Authority Container Berth One from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday while a tug and barge are moored perpendicular to the berth.
The safety zone will encompass the entire width of the Savannah River and extend 1,000 [...]
Coast Guard Orders Ambassador II Out of U.S. Waters
 PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Coast Guard captain of the port for Port Canaveral has issued a captain of the port order against the Bahamian-flagged casino vessel Ambassador II ordering it out of all U.S. waterways and ports Tuesday afternoon for failing to have a certificate of financial responsibility.
All foreign flagged vessels are required to [...]
Gold Lifesaving Medal to be Presented Posthumously to San Francisco Man
San Francisco -Â Mrs. Jacqueline Coats will accept the Gold Lifesaving Medal on Thursday, on behalf of her husband, Marlin A. Coats, who died heroically saving two young boys in the waters off of Ocean Beach in San Francisco. The Gold Lifesaving Medal is one of highest honors presented to civilians by the federal government.
On [...]
Statement by Rear Admiral Clifford Pearson, Assistant Commandant for Human Resources, on Coast Guard Investigation into Missing Reports
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the potential loss of paper copy internal audit reports containing personal information for some of our current and former members during an office move at our headquarters earlier this year. The evidence suggests that the reports were discarded or destroyed in conjunction with the office move.
The [...]
Coast Guard Repatriates 50 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Drummond repatriated 50 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba, Tuesday.
The 50 migrants were stopped in five separate incidents.
The largest group of the five groups interdicted over the last week, was 20 people who were spotted in a rustic vessel 53 miles southwest of Key West, [...]