MIAMI – Effective 6 p.m. Saturday, Hurricane Condition X-RAY (sustained Gale Force winds from a hurricane force storm are predicted within 48 hours) is set for the Port of Key West, Fla.
Due to mandatory evacuations, the last scheduled lift for the Jew Fish Creek and Snakefish Creek Bridges on U.S. 1 in Monroe County will [...]
Posts on ‘September 6th, 2008’
Coast Guard Sector Key West changes port condition, announces bridge restrictions
Boaters Urged to Exercise Caution During Tall Ships Events
DANA POINT, Calif. – The Coast Guard will be issuing a Local Notice to Mariners on September 6 – 7 beginning at 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. During the “Tall Ship” battle re-enactment, all mariners are reminded to maintain a sharp lookout and transit the area with caution.
With warmer than usual weather expected over [...]
Port Condition Zulu to remain in effect for the Port of Hampton Roads
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Hampton Roads has determined that Port Condition Zulu will remain in effect until further notice.
The Port of Hampton Roads will experience high winds for longer than originally anticipated. Once the heavy weather subsides, the Captain of the Port will initiate an aids- to-navigation assessment [...]
U.S. Coast Guard transports relief supplies to Gonaives, Haiti
GONAIVES, HAITI. – The U.S. Coast Guard transported relief supplies Friday and Saturday to residents suffering in Gonaives, Haiti due to flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna.
Tropical Storm Hanna caused significant flooding in Gonaives Monday and Tuesday when it passed through the region.
Friday, crews aboard two HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., [...]
Coast Guard urges caution on the water following Tropical Storm Hanna
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard strongly urges boaters and surfers to exercise extreme caution returning to the water in the days following Tropical Storm Hanna’s landfall.
Even without the strong winds associated with the storm, maritime conditions may remain dangerous. Strong rip tides may still be present along beaches, and the potential exists for minor [...]
Ports of Charleston, Port Royal and Georgetown open to maritime traffic
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Based on preliminary survey reports and in consultation with the bar pilots, the Ports of Charleston, Port Royal and Georgetown are open to commercial and recreational vessel traffic.
Mariners should not rely solely on channel markers and Aids to Navigation as they may have moved during the course of Tropical Storm Hanna. [...]
Missing Sailor Located Deceased in Caloosahatchee River
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Coast Guard suspended its two-day search for a missing 60-year-old sailor after a Good Samaritan located him deceased at about 9 a.m. Saturday in the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, Fla.
Stephen G. Nelson, of North Fort Myers, Fla., was reported missing Friday when a marine unit from the Cape [...]