Coast Guard News Rotating Header Image

Posts on ‘June 3rd, 2009’

Coast Guard assists in search for Air France Flight 447

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard watchstanders at the Rescue Coordination Center in Portsmouth assisted officials at the Rescue Coordination Center in Gris Nez, France, with the search for Air France Flight 447 by providing information to help locate the plane’s fuselage Tuesday night.

Fishing voyage ended early due to safety violation

SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine – The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a Deer Isle, Maine-based fishing vessel about four miles southeast of Marshall Island, Maine, Wednesday, when a boarding team discovered a safety violation onboard.

Coast Guard Cutter returns to Wilmington, N.C., after Caribbean counter-drug operations

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence is scheduled to return to Wilmington Thursday following a 54-day counter-narcotics patrol in the Caribbean Sea.

Coast Guard Band Presents A Salute to America’s Veterans, Past and Present

NEW LONDON, CONN.—The U.S. Coast Guard Band, the premier band of the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security, presents a unique performance at Lisner Auditorium at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, on Friday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m. The Band salutes those who have served our nation with a [...]

Congressman Cummings Introduces Critical Maritime Education Bill

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, introduced H.R. 2651, the Maritime Workforce Development Act, which would create a recruitment, training, and student loan program to attract the next generation of workers to jobs in the maritime industry.
“Many of the men and [...]

Coast Guard reponds to asphalt spill

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – The Coast Guard responded to an asphalt spill at the Sprague Energy terminal on the Fore River, Maine, around 7:30 p.m., Tuesday.
The motor vessel Asphalt Seminole notified Coast Guard Sector Northern New England at 7 p.m., that about 670 gallons of asphalt was released into the river while they were transferring [...]

Coast Guard Responds to Oil Sheen on White Lake

MUSKEGON, Mich.– Coast Guard Station Muskegon and Coast Guard Sector Field Office Grand Haven responded to the report of an oil sheen on White Lake in Whitehall, Mich. at approximately 10 a.m.