MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive repatriated 52 Haitian migrants and five Indian nationals to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Friday.
Decisive crewmembers located an overloaded 30-foot sail freighter approximately 30 miles south of Great Inagua, Bahamas, Thursday. The crew launched two small boats and distributed life jackets before safely embarking everyone aboard the overloaded [...]
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Coast Guard repatriates 57 back to Haiti
Agencies continue work aboard APL Peru
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, American President Line shipping company and the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) along with U. S. Customs and Border Protection will work through Friday and Saturday to monitor conditions aboard the cargo vessel APL Peru.
Coast Guard assists flooding vessel in San Diego Bay
SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard crew from San Diego assisted eight boaters on a 40-foot pleasure craft that was flooding in San Diego Bay this morning.
Coast Guard Sector San Diego received a report at 11:40 a.m. from the crew of the Ocean Alexander that the vessel was on fire and taking on water. A [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for man near Cape Lookout, N.C.
ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard suspended a search Friday for a 35-year-old man who was missing off a fishing boat 27 nautical miles off Cape Lookout, N.C.
The search for Harvey Jones of Beaufort, N.C., was suspended at 6:30 p.m.
Agencies conduct post-fire inspection of cargo vessel
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology (ECY,) American President Line (APL) shipping company and the Seattle Fire Department along with assistance from U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are investigating a reported fire aboard a cargo vessel.
The 873-foot motor vessel APL Peru reported smoke and heated bulkheads in and around the [...]
Coast Guard helps achieve ratification of revised air pollution prevention standards
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard and the contracting parties to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL 73/78) adopted new international standards for marine diesel engines and their fuels Thursday during the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee’s 58th session, held in London this week.
Coasat Guard suspends search for man near Indian River Inlet
INDIAN RIVER, Del. – The Coast Guard suspended its search Friday for a missing man after a Good Samaritan rescued five people Thursday when the 18-foot boat they were aboard capsized five miles east of Indian River Inlet here.
The search for Bruce Weaver of Hershey, Pa. was suspended at 2:50 p.m
Boat crews from Coast Guard [...]