BOSTON- The Coast Guard responded today to a report of a Southwest Harbor ferry which struck an empty skiff in Southwest Harbor at 1:22 p.m.
No passengers were aboard the ferry Island Queen at the time and there were no reports of injuries to the crew. No damage to the ferry or pollution was reported.
A 25-foot [...]
Posts on ‘September 9th, 2008’
Maine ferry strikes unmanned skiff, Coast Guard investigates
Coast Guard searching for missing boater
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard is searching for a man who fell from a fishing vessel 80 miles west of the mouth of the Columbia River Tuesday.
At 12:39 p.m., Coast Guard Group/Air Astoria, Ore., received a radio call from the fishing vessel Zarhina reporting a man had fallen overboard. The reporting source stated that the [...]
Henry Marine Services Receives Coast Guard Certificate of Appreciation
Video of Dorothy Julian accepting a Coast Guard Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of Henry Marine Services Inc.
Coast Guard announces the latest update to the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration announced Today that Jan. 13, 2009, is the Transportation Worker Identification Credential compliance date for owners and operators of facilities located within the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port Zones of Hampton Roads, Va., Morgan City and New Orleans, La., Upper Mississippi River, [...]
North Pacific Coast Guard Forum – San Francisco
Petty Officer Adams Eggers reports on Day 1 of the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum in San Francisco.
Coast Guard crew medevacs 1 near Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard medevaced a 61-year-old male Tuesday after he fell aboard a barge he was working on near Mantua Creek in the Delaware River here.
The Coast Guard received a call at 6:45 a.m. from the captain of the tug Bohemia reporting the man had sustained a head injury.
A rescue helicopter crew from [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Three Near Stamford, Connecticut
NEW YORK – Three men were rescued after their vessel sank near Stamford, Conn., at around 11 p.m. Sept. 8, 2008.
All three men were wearing lifejackets and had been in the water for approximately 45 minutes before they were rescued.
“The three men were located within five minutes of receiving the call,” said Petty Officer 2nd [...]