NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 45-year-old man today from an oil platform located approximately 50 miles southeast of New Orleans in Breton Sound.
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received the call at approximately 11:25 a.m. from Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, reporting that a crewman aboard a vessel was experiencing heart attack [...]
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Coast Guard medevacs injured crewman from oil platform
Venezuela Growing as a Cocain Exporter
The Associated Press is reporting that Venezuela has become a major factor in the worldwide cocaine problem.
White House drug czar John Walters told The Associated Press that Venezuela has shown no willingness to cooperate with U.S. officials against drugs.
The flow of Colombian cocaine through Venezuela has quadrupled since 2004, reaching an estimated 282 [...]
Coast Guard rescues injured man on Lake Erie
MARBLEHEAD, Ohio – The Coast Guard rescued a man, Friday at 11:18 a.m., who lacerated his arm while boating six miles north of here on Lake Erie.
The 62-year-old male notified Coast Guard Station Marblehead using marine-band radio Channel 16.
Station Marblehead launched a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement boat to recover the injured man. The [...]
Coast Guard lifts port conditions in Savannah following Tropical Storm Fay
SAVANNAH, Ga., – The captain of the port for Savannah established port readiness condition four at 2 p.m. Friday for coastal Savannah due to the movement of Tropical Storm Fay.
The captain of the port of Savannah removed all hurricane readiness conditions that were imposed in advance of Tropical Storm Fay. With the return to port [...]
Government works to ease flooding with Port Canaveral lock system
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The federal government is attempting to ease flooding in the vicinity of the Banana River, Fla., by limiting the operation of the Port Canaveral lock system.
The Army Corps of Engineers will keep the Port Canaveral locks in the open position to help ease flooding. Mariners should note that the locks will [...]
Coast Guardsman re-enlists while sky diving above Williamstown, N.J.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A Coast Guard public affairs specialist re-enlisted Thursday before sky diving out of an airplane above Williamstown, N.J.
Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi took a six-year oath of re-enlistment with the Coast Guard before jumping out of a plane, operated by Freefall Adventures, at 13,500 feet. Chief Warrant Officer James Mackey [...]
Coast Guard, Washington State Department of Ecology respond to oil spill
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard and the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) are responding to an oil spill in Belfair, Wash., Friday.
An 18-foot sailing vessel leaked an estimated 15 gallons of gasoline into the water after it started sinking.
The Coast Guard and DOE are coordinating clean-up efforts. The cause of the sinking and spill [...]