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Posts on ‘February 5th, 2010’

Coast Guard searching for missing boater near Cortez Bridge

CORTEZ, Fla. – The Coast Guard is searching for a possible missing male boater who has not checked in with friends or family after leaving to Glades Boat Storage in Moore Haven, Fla., Wednesday.

Coast Guard monitoring comprehensive repair plan after grounded Barbers Point vessel pulled free

HONOLULU –Marine casualty investigators from the U.S. Coast Guard continue to monitor the situation of a 734-foot bulk carrier which ran aground in the entrance channel of Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor on Oahu, Friday.

Coast Guard Cutter Dallas to deploy to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in support of humanitarian relief efforts

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The crew of the Charleston based 378-foot Coast Guard Cutter Dallas will depart Sunday at 10 a.m. for Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to continue federal humanitarian relief efforts by providing logistical and command support to ongoing operations in Haiti.

Joint agencies interdict 23 migrants

SAN DIEGO – A joint agency collaboration led to the interdiction of a 25-foot panga carrying 23 suspected illegal migrants off the coast of Oceanside, Calif., early this morning.

Coast Guard medevacs severely injured man from fishing vessel

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a man with a severe injury to his face off a fishing vessel 10 miles south of Houma, La. in the Gulf of Mexico, Friday.

Coast Guard to assist Royal Canadian Mounted Police during Winter Olympics

Top notch athletes throughout the world are in the final stages of training for the 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. As the world prepares for this fury of sporting spectacle, professionals of another sort are training around-the-clock to provide maritime safety and security throughout the region during the games.

Coast Guard emphasizes maritime border-crossing procedures

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard reminds boaters of the proper procedures for entering and exiting the United States maritime border.