SEATTLE – Under an agreement reached with the United States Coast Guard, Strength Shipping Corp. and Dorian (Hellas) S.A. will pay $35,000 to settle allegations that the motor vessel Oinoussian Strength failed to correctly maintain its oil record book and that entries therein were false. Strength Shipping Corp. and Dorian (Hellas) S.A. have not admitted [...]
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Coast Guard medevacs man 150 miles off Galveston
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard medevaced a 32-year-old man from a seismic research ship approximately 150 miles south east of Galveston, Texas, today.
A watchstander at Coast Guard District 8 received a call at about 11 a.m. from the captain of the research ship Viking Vision reporting that a crewmember was in a lot of pain [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Sequoia Makes History in Micronesia
APRA HARBOR, Guam — Historical outreach in Micronesia by the crew of a Coast Guard cutter home ported in Guam will pay huge dividends in the area, according to members of her crew.
The buoy tender Sequoia returned to Guam Dec. 15, from a seven-week multi-mission deployment in which it became the first Coast Guard cutter [...]
Coast Guard Assists Vessel Taking on Water Near Anton Larsen Bay
KODIAK, Alaska – A fishing vessel taking on water near Anton Larsen Bay Wednesday afternoon was assisted by the Coast Guard after calling for help on VHF channel 16.
At 3:50 p.m., the Coast Guard overheard the crew of the 55-foot fishing vessel My Oar report on that they were taking on water.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter [...]
Coast Guard suspends its search for four missing children near Dauphin Island
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — The Coast Guard suspended its active search today for four missing children who were reportedly thrown from the Dauphin Island Bridge by their father here Monday.
Since Tuesday afternoon, Coast Guard crews have been assisting nearly a dozen local and state law enforcement authorities in the search for the children, who range [...]
Ship’s Chief Engineer Sentenced in Vessel Pollution Case
WASHINGTON, – Mark Humphries, the former chief engineer of the M/V Tanabata, an American-flagged car-carrier ship based in Baltimore, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to six months in prison for conspiracy to make illegal discharges of oily waste and lying to the Coast Guard, announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General [...]
Coast Guard terminates fishermen’s voyage for safety violations
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a 38-foot fishing boat for multiple safety violations today five miles east off the coast of Sea Isle City, N.J.
A Coast Guard crew from Station Atlantic City boarded the Wild Turkey during a routine inspection at about 12:40 p.m.
The fishing trip was terminated due [...]