ANCHORAGE, Alaska —Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Rescue Coordination Center launched a 25-foot response boat from Station Valdez after receiving a distress call concerning a vessel taking on water in Anderson Bay on the Southwest side of Port Valdez.
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Coast Guard publishes final rule for facility, vessel response plans
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Safety, Security, and Stewardship Directorate announced Monday publication in the Federal Register of a final rule designed to improve pollution-response preparedness for vessels and facilities carrying or handling oil upon the navigable waters of the United States.
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returns home from 2-month patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard cutter Tampa and crew returned to family and friends here Sunday after a busy 61-day patrol off Florida and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
South Florida Auxiliary units receive national honors for promoting recreational boating safety
OAK BROOK, Ill. – The Sixth Division of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, the uniformed volunteer component of the Seventh District Coast Guard, announced today that three flotillas and one unit serving Miami-Dade County captured several first-place awards for efforts to promote recreational boating safety. The annual event was held at the Coast Guard [...]
Coast Guard assists three fishermen in Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard assisted three fishermen approximately 30 mile off the coast from Freeport after their vessel was disabled, Sunday.