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Posts on ‘October 17th, 2008’
2009 Budget Includes Funds for Coast Guard Ice Breaker
The 2009 Department of Homeland Security budget calls for 30.3 million dollars to be spent on the U.S. Coast Guard’s ice breaking fleet. Coast Guard Petty Officer Adam Eggers reports for the Pentagon Channel.
Transportation Worker Identification Credential enrollment deadline draws near
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Coast Guard urges maritime workers who have not yet applied for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to apply as soon as possible before unescorted access to facilities in Georgia ports, including the ports of Savannah and Brunswick, Ga., is prohibited.
Coast Guard Suspends Search For Possible Missing Boater
FORT DESOTO, Fla. – The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a possible missing boater in the vicinity of Fort Desoto, at 10:30 a.m. Friday.
Limetree Bay Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Ports Reopened
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -Sector San Juan Marine Safety and Security Duty Officers are notifying all facilities and vessels in the San Juan Captain of the Port zone Friday that all ports in Limetree Bay Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; including Hovensa, the Container Port, Krausse Lagoon Channel, and the Cross Channel are open for [...]
Coast Guard Evacuates Man from Oil Rig in Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 51-year-old man from an oil rig approximately 190-miles southwest of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico early Friday, Oct. 17, 2008.
Coast Guard to host town meeting on bluefin tuna
ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard will host a bluefin tuna informational town meeting at the Morehead City Civic Center Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.