NEW ORLEANS – Recent incidents involving tug boats owned or operated by DRD Towing prompted the Coast Guard to closely look into the operations of other vessels operated by them.
A preliminary Coast Guard investigation has uncovered that the crewmember piloting the tug boat Mel Oliver, which collided with the chemical tank ship Tintomara early [...]
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Unqualified Personnel were Manning Tug Boats in Recent Collisions
Coast Guard responds to sunken tugboatsin Schuylkill River, PA
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard is responding today to two derelict tugboats that sank and are leaking oil in the Schuylkill River here.
Personnel from Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay along with other local and state agencies are responding as a result of the two sunken tugboats, the Carol Wales and another unidentified tugboat.
The two tugboats [...]
Coast Guard Commissions New Cutter Aug. 4
COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif.– The U.S. Coast Guard will commission the first 418-foot National Security Cutter, the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, into its fleet during a ceremony scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 4 here.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, will be the keynote speaker. [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Truck Driven into Water
MILWAUKEE – Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan and Station Milwaukee responded to the report of a vehicle being driven into the water on South Carferry Drive in Milwaukee. The Coast Guard received the report from the Milwaukee Police Department at 1:43 p.m.
Coast Guard Station Milwaukee responded with two small boats, a 41-foot utility boat [...]
Coast Guard to Hold Lobster Mini-Season Press Briefing
MIAMI – Coast Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the National Park Service officials are scheduled to hold a press briefing Tuesday at 10 a.m. regarding diving and boating safety regulations for lobster mini-season, at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Miami located at 100 MacArthur Causeway, Miami Beach, Fla. The press briefing will [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Dependable to return home from 51-day deployment
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable is scheduled to return to their homeport here Tuesday following a 51-day North Atlantic patrol in support of search and rescue, law enforcement, living marine resources enforcement and homeland security operations.
After leaving their homeport June 7, the crew of the cutter was diverted [...]
Coast Guard rescues fourth boater, search continues for fifth
HOUSTON – At approximately 12:30 p.m. today, an Air Station Houston HH-65C rescue helicopter crew hoisted the fourth missing man who was onboard the 18-foot powerboat that capsized yesterday, in the Gulf of Mexico.
He was located on an oil rig 6-miles offshore of Caney Creek in Matagorda County — approximately 16 miles from where the [...]