Coast Guard continues response to hazardous material near Bristol, PA
BRISTOL, Pa. — Coast Guard personnel from Sector Delaware Bay and multiple partner agencies continued clean-ups Sunday following the release of a latex finishing material Friday night due to a mechanical failure at the Trinseo facility in Bristol.
It’s estimated that 8,100 gallons of latex finishing material, a water-soluble acrylic polymer solution, was released with a max potential release of...
Coast Guard monitors release of hazardous material near Bristol, Pa.
BRISTOL, Pa. — Coast Guard personnel from Sector Delaware Bay and other government agencies are monitoring a release of a hazardous material into Otter Creek Saturday afternoon.
An estimated 8,100 gallons of latex finishing material, a water soluble acrylic polymer solution was released with a maximum potential release of 12,000 gallons. The estimated amount released will be updated as response and...
Coast Guard Sector Juneau successfully recovers submerged tug
The Tagish, a 107-foot tugboat, built during World War II, is submerged at the Gastineau Channel dock in Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 9, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ilian Borrero-Aguirre)
JUNEAU, Alaska — Recovery of the tugboat Tagish was successful, and the vessel was secured on the beach at the National Guard Dock in Gastineau Channel, Feb. 19.
Contractors dewatered and defueled...
Coast Guard, partners responding to vessel aground off Maui
HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources and County of Maui Police Department continue to work with contractors from Sea Engineering Inc and Pacific Helicopters to remove the pollution threat from the 94 ft vessel Nakoa grounded at Honolua Bay.
Earlier this week, contractors provided initial pollution mitigation, putting absorbent materials inside the vessel...
Coast Guard removes pollution threat in San Juan Harbor
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard Incident Management pollution responders from Sector San Juan and the hired oil spill removal organization, Clean Harbors LLC, completed the removal of diesel and oily products from the 42-foot recreational vessel Ajo del País by Pier 11 in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Thursday.
Clean-up crews refloated the partially sunken vessel to remove approximately 800...
Coast Guard conducts pollution response exercise in Rota
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector Guam Incident Management Division, alongside personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Planning and Disaster Response Advisory Team, conducted a series of operations in Rota, part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, on Feb. 8, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SANTA RITA, Guam — Members of the U.S. Coast Guard worked with officials...
Coast Guard responds to vessel aground off Maui
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard responded to a 94-foot motor yacht that grounded off the north side of Honolua Bay, Maui, Monday.
Eight boaters onboard the vessel were safely returned to shore by the Maui Fire Department.
The Coast Guard Marine Safety Team are working with the owner of the vessel to arrange for salvage and the removal. Due to the urgency of the response needed, the Coast Guard Federal...
Coast Guard responds to diesel discharge in San Juan Harbor
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard Incident Management personnel from Sector San Juan are responding Tuesday to a diesel discharge from the partially sunken 42-foot recreational vessel Ajo del País by Pier 11 in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico.
Coast Guard Incident Management Division personnel are advising the public that there may be a strong smell of diesel in the area extending west from Pier...
Coast Guard Sector Juneau responds to partially-submerged tug
Tug vessel Tagish is partially submerged at the National Guard Dock in the vicinity of the Alaska Marine Lines yard in the Gastineau Channel, Juneau, Alaska, Dec. 29, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Sector Juneau)
JUNEAU, Alaska — Removal operations for a tug partially submerged at the National Guard Dock in Gastineau Channel, Alaska, are scheduled, weather pending, to be conducted later...
