Coast Guard to host training exercise in Rogers City
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie personnel and partner agencies will be conducting an environmental response exercise Thursday at the Carmeuse facility in Rogers City, Michigan.
Local residents will see increased emergency response activities on Lake Huron as multiple government and commercial agencies led by the Coast Guard test their response to an oil spill.
Operation...
Coast Guard responds to partially sunken tugboat
Containment boom limits diesel discharge from a partially sunken tugboat in Florence, Alabama, July 17, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Marine Safety Detachment Nashville)
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard and partner agencies continued to respond Monday to a discharge of diesel fuel from a partially sunken tugboat near Florence, Alabama.
Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley received notification at...
Completion of Sea Jay recovery operation near Santa Cruz Island
The charter passenger vessel Sea Jay sits just below the surface of the water near Santa Cruz Island, June 15, 2023.
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard and the California Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) completed the salvage operation of the charter passenger vessel Sea Jay near Santa Cruz Island Saturday.
This operation included underwater assessment, re-floating, stabilization,...
Coast Guard continues response to vessels affected by Typhoon Mawar
Chief Petty Officer Roderick Bawar, a Marine Science Technician stationed at U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam, conducts port assessments in Guam May 29, 2023, following Typhoon Mawar. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Graham)
SANTA RITA, Guam — In the aftermath of the powerful Typhoon Mawar, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam personnel continue...
Coast Guard responds to oil discharge near Natchez
Oil that was discharged into the water by a Kirby Inland Marine barge contained in hard and sorbent booms at mile marker 339 in the Lower Mississippi River, near Natchez, Mississippi, on June 11, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Pekrul)NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard continues to respond Monday to a discharge of oil from a barge on the Lower Mississippi River near Natchez,...
Coast Guard to hold oil spill-boom deployment exercise in Yorktown
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Port of Virginia, York County’s Emergency Management, York County, Abbington Fire Department, York County Department of Fire and Life Safety, and Accurate Marine Environmental are scheduled to conduct an oil spill-boom deployment exercise...
Coast Guard conducts oil spill exercise in American Samoa
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Incident Management Division, District Fourteen District Response Advisory Team, and Marine Safety Detachment American Samoa participated in a four-day oil spill response and exercise deployment training last week.
The first two days of the exercise, hosted by Pacific Energy and Clipper Oil in collaboration with Preparedness Services and...
MSU Port Arthur responds to oil discharge on Intracoastal Waterway
Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur pollution responders assess the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and marsh near Mile Marker 260, April 26, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur)
HOUSTON — A Unified Command composed of the Coast Guard, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, and Shell Pipeline Company LP...
Unified Command stands down for vessel fire in Tacoma
US Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Diolanda Caballero.
SEATTLE — The Unified Command composed of Tacoma Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, Washington Department of Ecology and Puyallup Tribe of Indians, with support from several other agencies, which was stood up to respond to the April 8 fire aboard the fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprise moored in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma,...
