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Coast Guard inspectors help ensure safety of the Nome gold rush
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard inspectors finished their weekend operations to provide voluntary gold dredge safety examinations in Nome on Monday. Two Coast Guard inspectors, one from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage and one from the 17th District offices in Juneau, provided the free safety exams as a culmination to their efforts, over the last several months, to increase water safety awareness amongst the more than 80 registered gold dredge operators in Nome. Coast Guard concern for safety … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard terminates fishing vessel’s voyage dues to lack of safety equipment
BOSTON — Coast Guard boarding team members terminated the voyage of the fishing vessel Bank Tank in Cape Cod Bay Aug. 5. A Coast Guard Cutter Tybee law-enforcement team conducted a routine boarding on the Bank Tank and discovered the vessel did not have enough immersion suits aboard. There were five crewmembers aboard with only four immersion suits. Each crewmember is required by law to have an immersion suit. The Tybee crew escorted the Bank Tank … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard closes portion of Upper Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS — A portion of the Upper Mississippi River near Lacrosse, Wis., has been closed by the U.S. Coast Guard for dredging operations Thursday. The Upper Mississippi River has been closed to all commercial traffic at mile marker 688. The waterway is closed so that the Army Corps of Engineers can safely conduct dredging operations. The Coast Guard urges mariners to monitor VHF-FM channels 16 and 22 for any changes to the closure. … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard patrols Columbia Cup boat races in Kennewick
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick hosted another successful Columbia Cup Coast Guard safety mission this weekend. Coast Guard crews from Sector Columbia River’s Station Portland, Ore., Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., and Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick, local Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 85 and other 13th Coast Guard District auxiliary crews from Oregon and Washington were on the river all weekend to enforce no-wake zones and anchor boundary lines for the annual … Read entire article »
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San Juan harbor reopens to maritime traffic after removal of aircraft wreckage
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard opened the harbor to deep draft vessel traffic transiting the southeastern portion of the Anegado Channel, near the Isla Grande Airport Thursday night. At approximately 7 p.m. Thursday, personnel from Coast Guard Sector San Juan, the Army Corps of Engineers, Puerto Rico Port Authority and the National Transportation Safety Board began salvage operations and conducted an assessment of the area where the sunken aircraft was located. The … Read entire article »
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San Juan harbor restricted due to small plane wreckage
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard is implementing restrictions on deep draft vessel traffic transiting the southeastern portion of the Anegado Channel, near the Isla Grande Airport after responding to the downed aircraft in San Juan Harbor Wednesday. Due to its location, the sunken aircraft presents a navigational hazard to inbound and outbound deep draft vessels transiting through that portion of the channel. Personnel from Coast Guard Sector San Juan are working with … Read entire article »
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