NIKISKI, Alaska – A unified command has been established in Nikiski to respond to the sinking of the 166-foot motor vessel Monarch adjacent to the Granite Point oil platform 16 miles from Nikiski, Alaska.
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Coast Guard reminds mariners to prepare, exercise caution in high surf
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard warns boaters and beach goers to exercise caution in all Hawaiian waters for the next few days due to potentially high winds and coastal area flooding.
Whale entangled in fishing line sighted in San Pedro Channel
SAN PEDRO, Calif – The Coast Guard has received a report of a whale believed to be entangled in fishing line in the vicinity of the San Pedro Channel. The whale was last sighted on January 13th heading west from Long Beach.
TWIC non-compliance restrictions lifted for three facilities
MIAMI – Coast Guard Sector Miami rescinded the last of three Captain of the Port Orders on Thursday for three port facilities previously ordered to suspend Maritime Transportation Security Act related operations.
Coast Guard responds to downed plane in New York
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard launched a multi-asset response today when a passenger plane plunged into the Hudson River here.
Coast Guard responds to a sheen near Monterey, Calif.
MONTEREY, Calif. – The Coast Guard, along with California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response OSPR, is responding to a sheen near the Breakwater Cove Fuel Pier in Monterey Harbor, today.
Coast Guard responds to capsized oil supply vessel in Cook Inlet
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is coordinating response efforts after a mayday call was received at 5:51 a.m. Thursday from the captain of the oil supply vessel, Monarch, reporting the 166-foot vessel was taking on water at the Granite Point oil platform in the north section of Cook Inlet 45 miles southwest of Anchorage, [...]