PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City medevaced a crewmember from a cargo tanker 87 miles northeast of Oregon Inlet, N.C. this evening.
Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector North Carolina received a call from the 600-foot cargo tanker Navig8 Faith at 6:57 p.m. today reporting that one [...]
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Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Cargo Tanker Crewmember
Coast Guard Monitoring Grounded Vessel Near Kewalo Basin
HONOLULU – Coast Guard crews are monitoring a vessel that ran aground Thursday at 11 p.m. near Kewalo Basin.
The Coast Guard received a distress call via VHF radio Thursday evening from the master of the 47-foot fishing vessel Robin. The captain reported his vessel, with five people aboard, ran aground and was taking on water.
Crewmembers [...]
Coast Guard Sector Portland welcomes new commander
Coast Guard Sector Portland welcomes new commander
PORTLAND, Ore. – Captain Frederick G. Myer assumed command of Coast Guard Sector Portland, Ore., today. He relieved Commander Russ Proctor, who will resume his assignment as Sector Deputy Commander.
Steeped in formal military tradition, the Change of Command ceremony represents a transfer of total responsibility, authority and accountability from [...]
DHS Realigns TWIC Compliance Date
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that the final compliance date for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program will be April 15, 2009, which reflects a realignment of the Sept. 25, 2008 compliance date set in the final rule. The seven month extension is a direct result of collaboration with [...]
Coast Guard Interdicts 9 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur repatriated nine Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba, Friday.
At approximately 6 a.m., April 25, the Coast Guard received a report from a crewmember aboard the Eos, an 800-foot tanker ship, stating they had located a raft, with an unknown number of people aboard and [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau Receives Operational Readiness Award
ALAMEDA, Calif.- The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau, homeported here, was awarded Tuesday the Operational Readiness “E” Award for excellent performance during Tailored Annual Cutter Training April 29, 2008.
The Operational Readiness Award is based on the TACT cycle and is also divided into individual training area awards. Morgenthau received awards [...]
Coast Guard responds to barge breakaway
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard continues to work with Matteson Marine and railroad representatives to safely coordinate recovery efforts of a loaded grain barge, which became lodged on the foot of a bridge on the Mississippi River near Burlington, Iowa, today.
The barge currently remains lodged against the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Bridge at [...]