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Posts from ‘August, 2009’

Coast Guard responds to distress call in Port Valdez

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.

Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel seized by Coast Guard for alleged fisheries violations

SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — A Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel was seized and escorted into port here this past weekend by the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat for suspected fisheries violations within the boundaries of the U.S. exclusive economic zone U.S. EEZ.

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.

Coast Guard, others rescue 3 in Potomac River

BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard along boat crews from Washington, D.C. Fire Department, D.C. Police Department, Prince George County Police Department and Alexandria Fire Department rescued three people from a boat in the Potomac River near the Naval Research Laboratory Sunday.