CLEVELAND – U.S. Coast Guard, state and local agencies are responding to a oil spill near the Cuyahoga River this evening.
The spill is contained and has not affected the river.
The U.S. Coast Guard receive a call at approximately 6 p.m. reporting an unknown spill at a creek, which connects to the Cuyahoga River, known as [...]
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Coast Guard Responds to Oil Spill Near Cuyahoga River
Coast Guard Helps Locate Missing 4 Year Old Near Seward
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Members of the Coast Guard Cutters Mustang, Alex Haley and SPAR assisted Alaska State Troopers and the Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department in locating a missing 4 year-old boy near Bear Lake north of Seward Wednesday night.
The boy lives in the Bear Creek area about seven miles north of Seward. He was [...]
Small Vessel Security Conference In Long Beach This Weekend
LONG BEACH – The U.S. Coast Guard will host the West Coast Small Vessel Security Summit Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Long Beach.
The objective of the one-day summit is to focus the broad West Coast regional stakeholder community on a range of issues and to launch continuing interactions regarding management of small vessel [...]
Air Station Traverse City Commander Promoted to Captain
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Stuart M. Merrill, Commander of Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, was promoted to the rank of Captain this morning at 9:00 a.m. in a special ceremony at the Air Station.
Cmdr. Merrill is a native of Westwood, Mass., a 1983 graduate of Westwood High School and a 1987 graduate of the [...]
Coast Guard responds to five barge breakaway
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Coast Guard is responding to a five barge breakaway on the Mississippi River, today.
At approximately 1 a.m. five barges broke free from the Matteson Marine facility in Burlington, Iowa striking the Highway 34 and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad bridges.
As of 10:30 a.m., four of the barges have been secured [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Confidence Returns from 60 Day Patrol
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Coast Guard Cutter Confidence will return to Port Canaveral Friday at approximately 8 a.m. after a 60-day deployment at sea.
Confidence departed Port Canaveral March 2 en-route to the Caribbean Sea to conduct law enforcement, search and rescue and international engagement operations. During the deployment, Confidence safely interdicted and cared for [...]
Coast Guard launches Operation Paddle Smart
Boston – The First Coast Guard District is launching Operation Paddle Smart today to bring greater awareness to paddlesport safety in the Northeast.
The district suffered the loss of 58 recreational boaters and paddlers in 2007;15 canoe and eight kayak fatalities accounted for 40 percent of the total. Since 1998 when the First Coast Guard [...]