SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews suspended their search at 7 p.m. Wednesday for a missing yola (boat) with more than 90 Dominican migrants aboard, that reportedly went missing while traveling illegally to Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic.
Posts on ‘November 19th, 2008’
Coast Guard medically evacuates man off Mackinac Island
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – The U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuated a man off Mackinac Island, Mich., Wednesday, at approximately 1:30 p.m.
Coast Guard Cutter Crew Joins Partnership in Education Program
BALTIMORE -The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin is now sponsoring students from Park Elementary School in Brooklyn, Md., in the Partnership in Education (PIE) program.
Coast Guard Responds to Rupture Well Head Leak
PORT ARTHUR, Texas – Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur has responded to a report of a tug and barge that struck an inactive production well-head in Sabine Lake during the early hours of Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.
Coast Guard Begins Operation Big Tow along the First Coast
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coast Guard units along the First Coast will be conducting a marine safety operation November through January to ensure uninspected towing vessels are properly manned with adequate numbers of qualified and licensed crewmembers.
TWIC enrollment deadline drawing near for ports of St. Petersburg, Tampa and Manatee
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – 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 regulated waterfront terminals in West Florida, including the ports of St. Petersburg, Tampa and Manatee, Fla., is prohibited.
Coast Guard Launches Cruise Ship Center of Expertise
MIAMI- The Coast Guard launched its first Cruise Ship Center of Expertise at the Cruise Lines International Association’s Annual Leadership Forum held at the Westin Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Fla., Wednesday. This is the first in a series of Centers of Expertise that will be located throughout the country. Each Center of Expertise will focus [...]