MIAMI – Coast Guard Sector Miami suspended its search for any possible migrants still missing at sea from a vessel aground near Fisher Island, Fla., after sunset Friday.
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
Fishermen safe after boat capsizes east of Block Island
BOSTON – Three fishermen are safe after their boat capsized two miles east of Block Island, R.I., today forcing them into 55-degree water.
Key witnesses decline to testify in New Orleans oil spill probe
Jen DeGregorio reports in The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com that
Five key witnesses have refused to testify for the Coast Guard’s investigation of a summer oil spill in New Orleans, including the mariner who abandoned the towboat involved in the incident.
Investigation into Katmai sinking to reconvene Monday
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Marine Board of Investigation will convene the Seattle portion of the Katmai investigation; Monday November 3, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. on the fourth floor of the Jackson Federal Building. This hearing is open to the public.
Coast Guard, Cook Islands Ministry of Fisheries seize shark fins
HONOLULU — U.S. Coast Guard boarding team members seized 15 pounds of shark fins aboard a fishing vessel in the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Thursday at approximately 5 p.m.
Night Rescue Video
Coast Guard Air Station Detroit rescues a boater in Saginaw Bay after his boat ran aground.
Coast Guard anticipates closing multiple river bars in Northwest
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard anticipates possible restrictions to multiple river bars throughout Oregon and Washington. The restrictions may begin as early as Friday night due to the potential for extreme winds and heavy seas that are expected through the region over the following few days. Should extreme weather require the closure of all or [...]