SEATTLE – The Coast Guard and the Washington State Department of Ecology are on scene at the British Petroleum (BP) facility at Harbor Island, Wash., today after an oil storage tank containing 4800 barrels (approximately 200,000 gallons) of low sulfur diesel fuel was reported to have leaked one gallon of diesel into the tank’s containment [...]
Posts on ‘December 5th, 2007’
KCRA-TV Report: Coast Guard Planes Respond To Northwest Flooding
Coast Guard planes stationed at McClellan Park have been delivering emergency gear and helping in other ways following stormy weather that resulted in flooding and other damage in Oregon and Washington.
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Indian Man
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews are searching for a 52-year-old Indian man after he was reported to have fallen overboard from the 722-foot motor vessel Stena Compassion around noon Tuesday 116 miles southwest of Jamaica.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis received a mayday call over the VHF marine radio around 2:30 p.m., from [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Oil Spill in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard pollution investigators deployed Wednesday to a mystery oil spill in the Port of Yabucoa, after receiving a report from the National Response Center at 7:25 a.m. that an unknown amount and type of oil had been located in the water near the shoreline inside Yabucoa Bay.
Shell Yabucoa [...]
Coast Guard Interdicts 44 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak repatriated 44 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cubanãs, Cuba, Wednesday who were interdicted in three separate events Friday and Saturday.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island interdicted a go-fast vessel carrying 20 Cuban migrants and two suspected smugglers 130 miles northwest of Key [...]
Alaska National Guard Joins Coast Guard Search in Alaska
The Alaska National Guard has joined a Coast Guard search for a medical helicopter that disappeared Monday in snow and heavy winds over the state’s mountainous coastline.
Northwest Flooding via The Pentagon Channel
Coast Guard and Navy chopper crews have rescued more than 160 people stranded by widespread flooding in Oregon and Washington state.