SEATTLE – The Coast Guard (USCG) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Marine Board of Investigation into the March 23 sinking of the Alaska Ranger reconvened today in the San Juan-Whidbey Room of the Red Lion Hotel at 1415 5th Ave.
The goal of the Marine Board is to identify the causal events of the casualty [...]
Posts on ‘April 16th, 2008’
Alaska Ranger Sinking Investigation to Continue Thursday
Coast Guard Airlifts Container Ship Captain
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard today airlifted the captain of a container ship approximately 50 miles west of Kauai. It was the third medical evacuation from a ship in four days for Coast Guard Hawaii personnel.
The captain of the 750-foot Amarantha reported via a VHF radio call that he was suffering from abdominal pains. [...]
Kayakers, canoe operators keep Coast Guard busy
SAN DIEGO – From Oregon to New Orleans to Philadelphia, the Coast Guard stayed busy this past weekend rescuing kayakers and a canoeist.
In Oregon the Coast Guard rescued a 30-year old male after his kayak overturned. The man was reportedly suffering from hypothermia when Coast Guard rescuers reached him.
In New Orleans the Coast Guard rescued [...]
Coast Guard Coordinates Tanker to Rescue 11 Mariners
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard watch standers and the crew of a Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon Jet coordinated with the motor tanker Aegean Angel the rescue of 11distressed mariners aboard a life raft Tuesday, after their vessel sank 300 miles south of Puerto Rico
The 11-men crew consisting of nine Guyaneese, one Dominican and [...]
Coast Guard re-opens Intracoastal Waterway
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard re-opened a ten-mile section of the Intracostal Waterway between mile markers 340 to 350 at 1 p.m. today. Currently, restrictions are only in place between mile markers 343 and 344 where vessels are directed to maintain minimal safe speed and not pass or overtake other vessels.
Earlier this morning the [...]
Coast Guard Security Zone During Papal Visit
New York -The Coast Guard will establish security zones on the East River during the papal visit this week.
Private vessels will not be allowed to pass through security zones that will first be established Friday Apr. 18, in the vicinity of the Wall Street Heliport, Manhattan, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., and from 7 [...]
Telephone numbers for Coast Guard operations center to change
PHILADELPHIA – The telephone numbers for the command center at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Atlantic City, N.J., are scheduled to change May 1 when personnel transfer to Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay here.
Those individuals who would normally contact Coast Guard Sector Field Office Atlantic City, located at the William J. Hughes Technical Center in [...]