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Posts on ‘November 17th, 2007’

Good Samaritan Assists Coast Guard in Rescuing Fishing Vessel Master

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard and the fishing vessel Heritage rescued the master of the fishing vessel Pacific Lady shortly after 1 a.m. this morning 70 miles southwest of Kodiak Island in Shelikof Strait.
The Coast Guard received an Electronic Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) signal registered to the 42-foot Pacific Lady out of Kodiak [...]

Coast Guard Responds to Florida Oil Spill

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Federal, state and local agencies are working to minimize impact of an oil spill from an 396-foot container ship on the Amelia River, Fla., at the Nassau Terminal in Fernandina, Fla.
The Seaboard Rio Haina was loading containers on to its deck Friday at about 6 p.m. while it was adjusting its ballast [...]

Santa Barbara Oil Discharge Cleaned Up

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Unified Command, in charge of cleanup efforts off the Santa Barbara coast, completed operations at about 4:15 p.m. today after it was determined that the waters were back to pre-spill conditions. An overflight from a Coast Guard H-65 helicopter at around 3 p.m. allowed observers to look at the area [...]