Q: What is a Coast Guard security zone?
A: Security zones are designated areas established by the U.S. Coast Guard to prevent injury or to safeguard ports and harbors. Establishing and enforcing maritime security zones is a routine mission for the Coast Guard nationwide. The purpose of the security zone in Kahului Harbor is to provide [...]
Posts on ‘November 27th, 2007’
Fact Sheet: Security zone during transits of Hawaii Superferry Alakai
Coast Guard, partner agencies to enforce Kahului security zone
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard, along with federal, state and county law enforcement agency partners, will enforce both a moving and a fixed security zone during transits of the Hawaii Superferry, the Alakai, to Kahului, Maui, beginning Dec. 6.
These security zones are necessary to provide a safe and secure environment for the citizens of [...]
Coast Guard assists injured man north of Kauai.
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers Point medically evacuated an injured man this morning 70 miles north of Kauai.
The Coast Guard received a call from the fishing vessel’s crew at 7:15 a.m. Monday concerning a 30-year-old male crewmember who injured his finger on a tackle block aboard the fishing [...]
Clammers Arrested After Coast Guard Rescue
New York – Two men were arrested by the Southold Town Police Department and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for illegal clamming after the Coast Guard towed their distressed vessel to the New Suffolk Shipyard & Cutchogue Harbor Marina, New Suffolk, N.Y., at about 11 a.m. today.
The two crewmembers from the [...]
Container Ship Moved from Savannah River Navigation Channel
SAVANNAH, Ga. – A container ship that had previously been anchored in the Savannah River near Elba Island, Ga., has been safely moved from the navigation channel to a nearby dock.
The container ship MSC Korea, which lost power while transiting out-bound from the Port of Savannah around 1:00 a.m. today, will remain moored until Coast [...]
Vessel movement reporting system to be activated in Buzzards Bay
WOODS HOLE, Mass., – The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are implementing a Vessel Movement Reporting System (VMRS) in Buzzards Bay, Mass., Wednesday, one of several new regulations for vessels transiting the Cape Cod Canal and Buzzards Bay designed to increase vessel safety and enhance environmental protection.
The VMRS [...]
Mexican Navy eyes Coast Guard to expand mission
SEATTLE – Lt. Cmdr. Luis Bravo of the Mexican Navy fires a .50 caliber machine gun aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Osprey while Seaman Justin Chartier holds him steady Friday Nov. 23. Members of the Mexican Navy visited with Coast Guard units in the Pacific Northwest Nov. 19-26 to examine its 87-foot and smaller [...]