NEW YORK – The Coast Guard has established a safety zone around a 20-foot whale reportedly attempting to beach itself at Rockaway Beach in the Rockaways, N.Y., around 8 p.m.
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Congressman Cummings Statement on Seizure of Maersk Alabama
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, released the following statement in response to the seizure this morning of the U.S.-flagged container ship, Maersk Alabama, which was carrying relief cargo to Kenya for the United Nations; 21 Americans who were on board [...]
Coast Guard medevacs man from research vessel
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a 30-year-old man from a research vessel approximately 100 miles south of Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, April 7, 2009.
Coast Guard to convene formal hearing of Lady Mary sinking
CAPE MAY, N.J. – A Marine Board of Investigation into the sinking, with multiple loss of life, of the fishing vessel Lady Mary which occurred on March 24, is scheduled to convene a formal hearing beginning Tuesday, April 14, 10 a.m., at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., inside the Oceanside club.
Coast Guard monitoring commercial vessel with damaged and missing containers
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Coast Guard is monitoring a container ship in the Port of Los Angeles that lost 14 containers of cargo at sea and has 26 damaged containers still remaining on board.