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Coast Guard participates in Securing the Cities Exercise
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard participated in a joint-agency anti-terrorism exercise that took place in the waters of New York Harbor Wednesday. During the exercise, crews from Coast Guard Cutters Penobscot Bay, homeported in Bayonne, N.J., and Tiger Shark, homeported in Newport, R.I., along with crews from Coast Guard Stations New York and Sandy Hook, N.J., coordinated with state and local law enforcement agencies with screening recreational vessels for a dirty bomb or nuclear device … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard to participate in Securing the Cities Exercise
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard is advising mariners of a joint-agency anti-terrorism exercise scheduled to take place in the waters of New York Harbor Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Vessel radio traffic during the exercise will be preceded by the words “This is a drill, this is a drill.” Mariners and others who hear what may sound like radio transmissions about a terrorism-related emergency should listen carefully to determine if these messages … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard responds to bomb threat to Ambassador Bridge
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard is responding to the report of a bomb, Monday night, on the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Belle Isle, in Detroit, along with boatcrews from Customs and Border Protection, Detroit Police Department, Canadian Coast Guard and Windsor Police Department are enforcing a 1,000-yard safety zone on both sides of the bridge. A search-and-rescue coordinator at Coast Guard Sector Detroit received a phone … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard to conduct area maritime security exercise in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard in cooperation with responders from more than 22 federal, state, local and industry agencies and organizations will be conducting, Operation Secure Port, an area maritime security functional exercise in San Juan, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Wednesday and Thursday. The functional exercise is part of the nationwide Area Maritime Security Training and Exercise Program (AMSTEP), and is being conducted to test the effectiveness of the Area Maritime Security Plan and its guidance for addressing port-wide security incidents in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Operation Secure Port will bring emergency response agencies and industry responders together at the Puerto Rico Ports Authority Navy Frontier Pier in San Juan, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency Emergency Operations … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard to establish security zone for Rose Festival fleet visit
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coast Guard will enforce and maintain a controlled access area on the Willamette River while Navy and Coast Guard vessels are tied up at the seawall between the Steel and Morrison Bridges beginning noon, Tuesday, June 5, until noon, Monday, June 11. Commercial vessels have made special transit arrangements with the Captain of the Port, Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, prior to this year’s Fleet Week. Boaters who need to pass through the … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard participates in multi-agency port operation
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard, along with other federal, state and local agencies, conducted a joint Multi-Agency Strike Force Operation at Hampton Roads port facilities Monday through Wednesday. The operation discovered multiple containers that were improperly placarded and had structural deficiencies. Each container was placed on hold until the deficiencies were rectified, and the operation also resulted in one truck driver being taken into custody and arrested for an outstanding warrant. Three trucks were also … Read entire article »
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