Lake Charles, La. – The Coast Guard continued Wednesday and Thursday its efforts in monitoring a salvage operation to raise a tug that is partially sunk on the on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GICW).
At 8:45 a.m. on Monday, January 28, 2008, the tug ACCU IV was traveling westbound on the GICW pushing ahead 6 barges [...]
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Coast Guard continues to provide assistance for partially sunken tug
Coast Guard Searches for Cruise Ship Crewmember
MIAMI – Coast Guard aircraft and cutters are searching approximately 1,350 square miles of ocean for a missing cruise ship crewmember believed to have fallen overboard about 45 miles north of Nassau, Bahamas, Friday
The 46-year-old India man did not report to morning muster at 6:30 a.m. Friday before the Carnival Glory moored in Nassau. [...]
Search continues for missing balloon pilot
JUNEAU, Alaska- The Coast Guard continues the search today in the North Pacific Ocean for a balloon pilot reported missing approximately 435 miles south of Adak Island.
A C-130 Hercules rescue plane from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak is currently searching the balloonist’s last known position. The Coast Guard Cutter Rush was diverted from a patrol [...]
Coast Guard Looking for Consultants
PHILADELPHIA – Congress recently authorized the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide an additional $6 million in supplemental grant funding for the increased security of the Delaware River and Bay and its critical infrastructure. In order to facilitate this effort, the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Delaware Bay, through the Area Maritime Security Committee (AMSC), is [...]
Cutter Campbell returning to Maine
KITTERY, Maine – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns to their homeport, Saturday, in Kittery, Maine, following a month-long patrol.
The Campbell crew was deployed in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean conducting fisheries enforcement patrols and commercial vessel security boardings off the coast of New York and New Jersey. In addition to fisheries boardings, the [...]
Coast Guard Offers Dockside Exams to Ensure Safe Tanner Crab Opening
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard will offer courtesy dockside examinations of commercial fishing vessels in Hoonah, Juneau, Petersburg and Sitka in anticipation of the annual tanner crab season, which is slated to open on Feb. 12, 2008.
As most of the vessels in the tanner crab fleet will gather in Petersburg, three teams of Coast [...]