NEW YORK -The 331-foot container ship Agaman, which had been disabled and adrift about 90 miles southeast of Nantucket, R.I., since Wednesday after contaminated fuel seized its engines and generators, was safely towed to a Bayonne, N.J., dry dock Sunday.
Coast Guard marine inspectors examined the Agaman at around 9 a.m., Sunday, and noted numerous engineering [...]
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Disabled Container Ship Agaman Towed to Bayonne Dry Dock
Helicopter Crash Update
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard responded to a helicopter crash with four passengers that occured at approximately 6 p.m. Saturday on the Southwest Pass near Venice, La.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a mayday call from the shrimp vessel Sally Kim IV reporting that an Air Logistics helicopter had crashed and that they had [...]
Coast Guard Investigating Oil Sheen in Newark Bay
NEW YORK-The Coast Guard is investigating a mystery oil sheen in Newark Bay, N.J., that was discovered at 11 a.m. Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector New York was initially notified by a Sandy Hook pilot aboard the motor vessel HS Bizet. The master of the tug boat James Turecamo subsequently reported a dense sheen of unknown substance [...]
Coast Guard cutter brings fishing crew to safety
BOSTON – The crew aboard the 270-foot Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma assisted three fishermen yesterday after the propeller on their boat became fouled 75 miles southeast of Rhode Island.
At about 3:45 p.m., Saturday, the crew of the 43-foot Kelly Sea, a Portland, Maine-based boat, radioed the Coast Guard and reported they had lost propulsion and [...]