SEATTLE – An 872-foot container ship that went aground on the Columbia River near St. Helens, Ore., today was re-floated at approximately 5:30 p.m.
The Korean flagged container ship, Hanjin Beijing, became grounded near river mile 84 at 3 p.m. There are 15 crew members aboard.
Coast Guard Investigators, Marine Inspectors and four tug boats were responding [...]
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Grounded container ship re-floated on Columbia River
Kodiak Alaska Designated a “Coast Guard city”
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard designates Kodiak a “Coast Guard City,” in honor of the extraordinary support provided by the Kodiak City and Borough to the men and women of the Coast Guard. Kodiak is only the eighth city in the United States to receive this prestigious designation.
Mayor Carolyn Floyd of the City [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Munro Changes Homeport to Kodiak, AK
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Munro officially changed homeport from Alameda, Calif., to Kodiak during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Kodiak Friday.
The move provides a large patrolling cutter to the Alaska and Bearing Sea area to replace the recently decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter Storis, previously home ported in Kodiak.
The Munro is a [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Injured Logger
McKinleyville, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard safely hoisted an injured logger, Roy Webster, from the Redwood forest this afternoon.Group Humboldt Bay received a call from “Green Diamond” stating that Mr. Webster had possibly fractured both of his legs. An HH65C helicopter was launched from Air Station Humboldt Bay at approximately 12:00 p.m. and arrived [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Boaster on Lake Erie
MONROE, Mich. — The Coast Guard is searching for a 64-year-old male from Wyandotte, Mich. today near Otter Creek, Ohio.
At approximately 11:05 a.m. today, the Coast Guard received a radio distress call over Channel 16 of from the 64-year-old man, who had entered the water from his boat to fix a fowled propeller.
His 80-year-old uncle [...]
Rescuers Searching Near Ambrose Channel for Missing Freighter Crewman
NEW YORK–Multiple rescue agencies are searching between Kill Van Kull and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge around Staten Island, N.Y., for Mohammad Bakhtier Uddin, a Bangladesh citizen, one of two freighter crewmembers who were reported missing at 5:55 a.m. today as the 797-foot cargo ship was departing New York.
A Good Samaritan located the second crewman, Mohammad [...]
TSA and U.S. Coast Guard Facilitate Homeland Security Exercise
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Transportation Security Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard will facilitate a port security exercise today in Wilmington, N.C. to evaluate preparedness, prevention and the ability to respond to and recover from a terrorist-related incident.
The Port Security Training Exercises Program (PortSTEP) is focused on building links within the Area Maritime Security (AMS) [...]