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Coast Guard to receive award for oil spill prevention, preparedness, and response
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – Members of the Coast Guard will receive a 2012 Legacy Award for oil spill prevention, preparedness and response, May 16, for their efforts during the investigation of the sunken World War II tanker ship S.S. Montebello. Members of the Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force will present the award during the Clean Pacific Conference in Long Beach, Calif. One of six awards to be given, Coast Guard members of the S.S. Montebello … Read entire article »
Filed under: Marine Environmental Protection
Coast Guard continues to monitor sunken vessel near Whidbey Island
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard, Washington Dept. of Ecology, Dept. of Health, and Dept. of Natural Resources continue to monitor the sunken fishing vessel Deep Sea, Monday, located in Penn Cove near Whidbey Island, Wash. The Deep Sea is discharging approximately one to two gallons of diesel fuel per minute. A boom deployment vessel and an oil recovery vessel are working to contain the leak. In addition, a Ballard Diving and Salvage dive … Read entire article »
Filed under: Marine Environmental Protection
Coast Guard seizes illegal fishing gear from Canadian-flagged commercial vessel in Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — A U.S. Coast Guard boarding team from Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, boarded and seized gear aboard the Canadian-flagged commercial fishing vessel ADCO II, Wednesday, after locating fishing equipment belonging to the vessel in Lake Erie in waters subject to U.S. and Ohio jurisdiction. Enforcement action is already pending against the vessel after it was observed allegedly fishing in U.S. and Ohio waters, Thursday. Click here to read about that case. Law enforcement personnel from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Living Marine Resources
Coast Guard, state, and local agencies monitor clean-up of spill in Marina Del Rey
SAN PEDRO, Calif. –The Coast Guard, state, and local responders are monitoring the clean-up of a diesel fuel spill in the “A” Basin of Marina Del Rey, Calif., May 2, 2012. Diesel fuel spilled from an 84-foot privately owned yacht when a fitting in the fuel tank failed, causing the diesel to leak into the bilge. The bilge pump automatically activated, sending the discharge into the water. Coast Guard pollution investigators arrived at the site of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Marine Environmental Protection
Coast Guard responds to collision between freighter and drilling unit near Port Aransas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard is responding to a collision between a mobile offshore drilling unit and a tanker vessel Wednesday, near Port Aransas. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a report at 7:25 a.m., that the Rowan EXL-1, a mobile offshore drilling unit, and the 750-foot tanker vessel FR8 Pride had collided in the Aransas Channel, near buoy 3. The FR8 Pride was heading inbound in the Aransas Pass Channel when it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Marine Environmental Protection, Marine Safety
Coast Guard continues clean up after boat fire near Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA ─ The Coast Guard continues to respond to a gasoline and hydraulic oil spill Friday from the boat fire that occurred at the Philadelphia Marine Center here Thursday. A pollution response team from Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay here is on scene monitoring the deployment of boom, and the use of materials by Miller Environmental Group personnel to absorb the products. “This incident is an example of our effective partnership with the Philadelphia Fire Department. They … Read entire article »
Filed under: Marine Environmental Protection
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