HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is urging all mariners to practice safe boating and be prepared for the 2008 hurricane season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30.
Hurricane preparedness is a shared responsibility. Government agencies have a responsibility to alert citizens and respond to those in distress. Those in the path of an approaching [...]
Posts on ‘May 29th, 2008’
Coast Guard Stresses Hurricane Awareness
Fuel Barges Breakaway From Tow Vessel in St. Louis Harbor
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard is investigating an incident involving two loaded fuel barges which broke free from the tow vessel KEITH GELVIN after the vessel lost all propulsion in the St. Louis harbor, just north of the McKinley Bridge today.
Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River in coordination with the St. Louis Harbor Coalition [...]
Maritime emergency communications center established
SEATTLE – Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 41, which provides volunteer civilian support to the Coast Guard in the Port Ludlow area, has established a new maritime Emergency Communications Center (ECC) co-located with Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue and Jefferson County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES).
The new facility contains radio equipment to provide communication services for [...]
Coast Guard to Host Louisiana Safety and Security Drill
MORGAN CITY, La. – U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Morgan City and other local, state and federal agencies will join forces this Friday for a triennial drill. This high-visibility exercise is one of the many ways stewards of the maritime community strive to continuously improve the safety and security of our region [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Dallas Sets Sail for 4-Month Deployment
PORTSMOUTH, VA. – The Coast Guard Cutter Dallas departed Charleston, S.C., Sunday for a four-and-a-half month deployment to conduct maritime safety and security exchanges with countries along the central and west coasts of Africa, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Under the direction of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, Dallas will support the Navy’s 6th [...]
Coast Guard Confiscates 1,511 Pounds of Cocain, 17 Pounds of Heroin
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Coast Guard personnel, working with their partners in the Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG), Puerto Rico made a drug interdiction in the Mona Passage Friday, May 23, 2008, detaining two drug smugglers and seizing approximately 1,511 pounds of cocaine and 17 pounds of heroin (approximately 600 kilos of drugs).
The [...]
Good Samaritan and Coast Guard Work Together for Rescue
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Good Samaritan vessel, UNICORN, and the Coast Guard teamed up to rescue a cabin cruiser Wednesday afternoon in Chatham Strait near Point Augusta Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Juneau issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast (UMIB) and launched a rescue helicopter from Air Station Sitka, a 25-foot Response Boat (RB-S) from Station Juneau, [...]