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Posts on ‘November 5th, 2009’

Coast Guard re-opens Miami River after diesel fuel spill

MIAMI – The Coast Guard re-opened the Miami River to all vessel traffic at 11:52 a.m., Thursday following diesal fuel clean-up efforts were completed near the motor vessel Titan Express.

Buoy bound

by Petty Officer Third Class Tara Molle
An eerie whistle floats across the foggy Pacific like a lone survivor calling for help at sea. A black hulled vessel slowly approaches the source, a bobbing and whistling buoy. Figures in hardhats, stained coveralls and life jackets scurry about the deck prepping the red and white, 18,500 pound [...]

Coast Guard warns mariners to prepare for winter storms

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard is warning boaters and beach-goers to be prepared for hazardous weather due to strong winds and heavy surf forecasted to hit the Pacific Northwest over the next several days.

Coast Guard assists in arrest of vessel operator transporting school children

BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard conducted a law enforcement boarding of a passenger vessel transporting five schoolchildren from Crisfield, Md., to Smith Island, Md., Wednesday.

Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns home after successful counter-drug patrol

MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in Miami Beach, Fla., is returning home Thursday after stopping nearly five tons (9,200 pounds) of cocaine from entering the U.S., following the disruption of four separate drug smuggling events in the Caribbean Sea, during the month of October.

Coast Guard establishes a webcast address for CG-1705 memorial service

Sacramento, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard has established a webcast address for the CG-1705 memorial service scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at 11 a.m.

Coast Guard Station Channel Islands conducts medevac off Oxnard coast

OXNARD, Calif. — The Coast Guard conducted a medevac Thursday of a man with chest pains aboard a fishing vessel located approximately 15 nautical miles west of Channel Islands Harbor, Calif.