BUFFALO, NY- The first annual Eastern Great Lakes Water Safety Expo will be held on May 17, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sector Buffalo Coast Guard Base.
The Water Safety Expo is held in conjunction with National Safe Boating week, May 17-23, 2008. The public is invited to visit the Coast Guard [...]
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Coast Guard Holding Boater Safety Expo in Buffalo
Seattle Coast Guard Auxiliary to host Third Annual Boater’s Fair
SEATTLE – Get ready for a fun, safe boating season! The Coast Guard Auxiliary will be sponsoring the Third Annual Boater’s Fair at the Bainbridge Island Public Dock and the Commons on Bainbridge Island, Wash., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 10, 2008.
Events will include a live helicopter search and rescue demonstration and a [...]
Coast Guard Works to Clean Up Chemical Spill – Video
This mornings news report by KRON-TV is included at the end of the story.
RICHMOND, Calf. – The Coast Guard, along with the California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response, and the East Bay Regional Parks District, resumed oversight of cleanup efforts for a Toluene chemical spill at the Reaction Products [...]
Coast Guard, Dept of Ecology respond to oyster boat sinking
OLYMPIA – The Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology are responding to a sunken oyster-harvesting vessel in Grays Harbor, Wash.
The 50-foot oyster dredge Bay Point sank this morning at the Coast Seafoods dock at 58 Old Westport Road near the mouth of the Johns River. The vessel is owned by Coast Seafoods.
Based on information [...]
Boating class offered by Coast Guard Auxiliary May 17 in Bellingham, Washington
The Coast Guard Auxiliary will teach a boating class Saturday, May 17, from 8a.m.- 4:30p.m. at the Bellingham Yacht Club in Bellingham, Washington.
$45.00 course fee includes materials and lunch. Each additional family member is $25.00. Class size is limited. To pre-register, contact Pam Chelgren-Koterba at (360) 647-9715 or email Pam_Frank@comcast.net.
This is an [...]
New TWIC Compliance Date Delays Coast Guard Enforcement
LOS ANGELES – With the extension of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) final compliance date to April 15, 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard will also delay enforcement of TWIC in southern California.
“We currently don’t have a set date for enforcement in the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Hueneme,” said Cmdr. Daniel Kane, [...]
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman suffering from flu-like symptoms
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard medevaced a fisherman today who was suffering from severe flu-like symptoms about 33 miles south-southeast of Cape May, N.J.
Medevaced was Matthew Villinger, 30, of Manahawkin, N.J.
The Coast Guard received the call at 12:55 p.m. today from a member aboard the 62-foot fishing boat F. Nelson Blount stating Villinger [...]