TAMPA, Fla. – The tug Yankee and its grounded barge was successfully re-floated under its own power at about 5:15 p.m. and is being transported to an off-shore anchorage, nine-miles west of Egmont Key, Fla.
The barge will be inspected by American Bureau of Shipping vessel surveyors and Coast Guard members before being allowed to continue [...]
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Grounded Barge Successfully Re-floated
Coast Guard Temporarily Relieves Cutter Mobile Bay CO
CLEVELAND – Rear Adm. John E. Crowley, Jr., commander of the Ninth Coast Guard District, has temporarily relieved Lt. Cmdr. Matthew J. Smith of command of the Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay.
Mobile Bay (WTGB 103) is a 140-foot ice breaking tug, based in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., whose missions also include law enforcement, maintenance of navigational [...]
Coast Guard Participates In Community Clean Up Effort
BALTIMORE- The Coast Guard Enlisted Association (CGEA) will be participating in Project Clean Stream at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Md., Saturday.
Project Clean Stream is an annual event held in April and is sponsored by the Alliance of the Chesapeake Bay, a non-profit organization who helps protect and restore the bay and its rivers. [...]
Coast Guard Interdicts, Repatriates 20 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Drummond repatriated 20 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Friday.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Confidence interdicted a go-fast vessel carrying 20 Cuban migrants and two suspected smugglers 45 miles south of Key West, Fla., Saturday. The Confidence crew safely embarked the migrants [...]
Coast Guard Monitoring Grounded Barge
TAMPA, Fla. – The Coast Guard continues to monitor the barge that ran aground Wednesday, about three miles west of Egmont Key, Fla.
Crewmembers aboard a tug and barge from Bouchard Transportation Company, based in New York, will help transfer more than 20,000 barrels of fuel oil from the grounded barge in an effort to lessen [...]
Coast Guard Responding to SE Missouri Flooding
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard activated two of its Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) after a request for assistance was received from the State of Missouri.
At approximately 12 p.m. yesterday, the Missouri’s State Emergency Management Agency contacted the Coast Guard and requested assistance. As of 4:30 a.m. this morning, two DARTs have been deployed [...]
Cosco Busan Pilot Blames Coast Guard For Oil Spill
The San Francisco Chronicle reportsthat:
Lawyers for Capt. John Cota, pilot of the freighter Cosco Busan, claim that the Coast Guard shares responsibility for the accident that caused a huge oil spill in San Francisco Bay last fall.
In a letter to the National Transportation Safety Board obtained by The Chronicle, Cota’s attorneys say the veteran ship [...]