ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard has established a temporary safety zone on the Upper Mississippi River from mile marker 194.5 to 197.5 in response to the sinking of the tug boat Hartford Beaver at mile marker 196.5 on Wednesday, March 11, 2009. At this time, only one-way vessel traffic is permitted to [...]
Posts on ‘March 12th, 2009’
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa to visit Tampa and offer public tours
TAMPA, Fla. – The Coast Guard Cutter Tampa will be at the Port of Tampa, Cruise Ship Terminal 6, 1333 McKay Street, Tampa, where free tours of the ship will be offered to the public Friday and Saturday.
Coast Guard, multiple agencies contain fuel spill near Wilmington, Del.
WILMINGTON, Del. – Coast Guard oil spill response personnel from Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and private sector spill clean-up contractors have contained an approximately 2,000 gallon spill of #6 fuel oil released from the car carrier Honor, while it was moored at the Port of [...]
Coast Guard towing disabled New Bedford fishing vessel
BOSTON – A 225-foot Coast Guard cutter is towing a New Bedford, Mass., fishing vessel to safety today, after it became disabled approximately 70 miles east of Chatham, Mass., Wednesday.
Coast Guard Team To Run Baker To Vegas Law Enforcement Challenge Cup Relay
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – Twenty Coast Guard runners, and more than 25 volunteers will converge on the desert outside Baker Calif. this Saturday for the 25th Annual Baker to Vegas Law Enforcement Challenge Cup Relay.
Coast Guard Hosting Oil Spill Response Exercise
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard Sector Charleston will host an oil spill response exercise on the Ashley River in the vicinity of County Farm Boat Launch Friday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.
TWIC- Final Countdown for Los Angeles, Long Beach and Hueneme
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – There are less than 30 days until the compliance deadline for TWIC. Starting April 14, 2009, transportation workers must have the Transportation Worker Identification Credential to access certain port facilities within the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Hueneme; April 15th for certain regulated commercial vessels. Despite warnings [...]