HONOLULU — The Coast Guard continues to monitor the removal of diesel fuel that spilled Thursday at Pier 45.
Currently, cleanup crews from Pacific Environmental Corporation (PENCO) have removed approximately 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled from underwater sewage drains while the Kaimikai-O-Kanaloa, a 198-foot research vessel from the University of Hawaii, was offloading sewage [...]
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Update: Coast Guard Monitoring Fuel Removal from Research Vessel
Turner Cut Resort Dock Fire Oil Spill Cleanup Complete
STOCKTON, Calif. — The oil spill cleanup that resulted from a dock fire at the Turner Cut Resort on October 8, is complete.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco pollution investigators began working with environmental cleanup company Parker Diving to mitigate spread and recover oil that resulted from a dock fire in the early morning of [...]
MULTI-AGENCY SEARCH FOR POSSIBLE WINDSURFER IN DISTRESS
NEW HAVEN–Multiple first response agencies are searching for a possible person in the water outside of New Haven Harbor along the coast of Branford, Conn., today.
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a call from a good Samaritan on land at approximately 4 p.m. who reported the sighting of a piece of a possible kite-surfing [...]
Coast Guard Assists Disabled Vessel South of Montauk, NY
NEW YORK–The Coast Guard Cutter Tiger Shark is towing a 74-foot disabled fishing vessel with six people onboard through heavy seas roughly 30 miles south of Montauk, N.Y., today.
The Lily M, from New Bedford, Mass., called the Coast Guard District One command center via satellite phone at 10 p.m. Thursday after it ran out of [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Fisherman near Cumberland Island, GA
BRUNSWICK, Ga. – Coast Guard search and rescue crews rescued a fisherman off the coast of Cumberland Island, Ga., Thursday night.
Bobby Hall, the captain of the 72-foot Miss Candy II from Mayport, Fla., was four miles off Cumberland Island when his boat began to take on water. Hall radioed the Coast Guard for assistance.
A helicopter [...]
Coast Guard to Host Barbecue at the Mobile Ronald McDonald House
MOBILE, Ala. – Coast Guard members are scheduled to host a barbecue for families residing at the Mobile Ronald McDonald house Saturday, Oct. 13 from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
As part of a long-standing tradition, newly promoted chief petty officers go into their local communities to reaffirm the Coast Guard’s commitment to the communities of [...]
Coast Guard rescues 2 brothers from aground pontoon boat
POMONA, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued two brothers today after the boat they were on ran aground about two and a half miles east of Barnegat Beach, N.J.
Rescued were Paul Grabon, 53, of Barnegat, N.J., and Michael Grabon, 58, of Divide, Colo.
The Coast Guard received a call at about 5:30 p.m. from Bob’s Bay [...]