NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is monitoring the controlled release of Fluosilicic Acid this evening from the Stolthaven Terminal facility into the Mississippi River near Braithwaite, La.
This action is being taken to relieve the build-up of the chemical in a containment area which includes additional tanks that could be compromised.
The tank holding the chemical [...]
Posts on ‘March 17th, 2008’
Coast Guard Monitors Chemical Release
5 Questions With Jennifer and Amber – Waiting for Ships to Come In
Another in our series of interviews with the men and women who blog about the U.S. Coast Guard.
This week we hear from Jennifer and Amber, two of the contributors to “Waiting for Ships to Come In…”. Their motto is “One big Coast Guard family. A few classy dames. One quirky blog.” Waiting [...]
Coast Guard Asks for Waterway Users Help to Prevent Oil Sheens
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – As warmer temperatures arrive, Alaskans are seeing an early break up of winter snow and ice. The waterways are beginning to free up and many boaters will begin pulling boats out of storage for operation.
During these first months of return to waterborne activities, Alaskan waters tend to see an increase in reported [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Fisherman
TAMPA, Fla. – Coast Guard rescue coordinators are asking recreational and commercial boaters to be on the look out for three overdue fishermen scheduled to have returned to Clearwater, Fla., Sunday.
Ulies Roldan, 36, of Tampa, is believed to have departed with two other men from the Courtney Campbell Causeway Boat Ramp in a 28-foot boat [...]
Ship Pilot Charged in San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Case
WASHINGTON—John Joseph Cota, the pilot of the Cosco Busan, the 65,131-ton container ship that collided with the San Francisco Bay Bridge resulting in the discharge of approximately 58,000 gallons of oil, was charged today with violations of the Clean Water Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General for [...]
Coast Guard crews respond to brush fire
A Coast Guard boat crew from Station Philadelphia assists a Philadelphia Fire Department boat crew extinguish a brush fire on Pier 54 in Philadelphia Monday, March 17, 2008. The brush fire was brought under control by members of the Coast Guard Maritime All Hazards Response team in Philadelphia and members of the Philadelphia Fire Department. [...]
Coast Guard Comes To Aid Of Panamanian Hospital
PANAMA – Crewmembers from the Coast Guard cutter Hamilton took some time out from a recent port call to help a community March 4, 2008.
Six crewmembers from the 378-foot San Diego-based cutter assisted with landscaping and painting projects at the Hospital Nacional Larga Estancia in Vera Cruz, Panama.
“When I told the director of the hospital [...]