JUNEAU, Alaska – The Unified Command has allowed dive operations to begin on the 369-foot Princess Kathleen off Point Lena starting the dive phase of the assessment operation.
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Coast Guard and Charleston industry to practice pollution recovery
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard and industry partners will conduct a pollution-recovery exercise on the Cooper River Thursday at 9 a.m.
Coast Guard responds to vessel Diehless sinking in Ward Cove
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation personnel responded to the sinking of a local vessel in Ward Cove near Ketchikan Monday.
Coast Guard Academy Cadets conduct research in Arctic, attend initial 2010 Arctic domain awareness flight
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Four Coast Guard Academy Cadets, engaged in a year-long advanced research project on Coast Guard Arctic Region Engagement, will be on the Seventeenth Coast Guard District’s first Arctic domain awareness flight of 2010, Wednesday.
U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards to conduct multi-national oil spill tabletop exercise in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Representatives from the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards, Arctic region stakeholders and established responders are scheduled to hold a joint “Canada – United States North” (CANUSNORTH) tabletop exercise March 16 and 17 at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage.
Coast Guard Adjourns Hearings in Port Arthur
PORT ARTHUR, Texas – The Coast Guard adjourned the formal hearings, Thursday, concerning the Jan. 23, 2010, incident involving the tank vessel Eagle Otome, the Gull Arrow and the tug Dixie Vengeance. The incident resulted in more than 400,000 gallons of oil being spilled into the Sabine-Neches waterway.