SEATTLE – The Coast Guard responded to a damaged barge at the Ash Grove Cement Facility in the Duwamish Waterway in the vicinity of Harbor Island, Wash., today.
Coast Guard Sector Seattle received a phone call at 3:45 p.m. from a local tug that a 273-foot gravel barge, owned by Island Tug and Barge Co., had [...]
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Coast Guard responds to damaged barge
Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau Completes CBR Training At Sea
EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN — Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau’s crew successfully completed the first set of chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) drills Friday, May 2, 2008.
CBR drills simulate chemical, biological, or radiological attacks on the ship from any foreign agent.
CBR training is one unique aspect of the all encompassing training the crew executes daily, and it [...]
Breakaway Barge Recovered
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard, working with Matteson Marine, Alter Barge Lines, and railroad representatives, oversaw the successful recovery of a grain barge that was lodged against the foot of a bridge near Burlington, Iowa, today.
The barge was pulled off of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad bridge and secured in a fleeting area [...]