Joint effort improves Quinby Creek access in Accomack County, Va.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Personnel with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Fifth District in Portsmouth and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District completed a joint project that dredged and re-marked the Quinby Creek waterway in Accomack County on Wednesday.
The USACE-led dredging project, completed by Cottrell Contracting Corporation on January 31, increased the depth of the approximate...
Coast Guard begins Operation Coal Shovel
Operation Coal Shovel file photo
DETROIT — The U.S. Coast Guard officially commenced Operation Coal Shovel, Tuesday, encompassing domestic ice-breaking operations in southern Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair / Detroit River system, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway.
U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers work together to break ice in these waterways as conditions worsen...
Coast Guard notifies mariners of AICW shoaling in NC
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard is notifying mariners Saturday about several areas on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW) in North Carolina where shoaling poses a hazard to navigation.
Mariners are advised that shoaling hazards exist at AICW mile markers 237, 271, 280 and 321. Severe shoaling has restricted the federal channel depths and horizontal clearances of the AICW in the following...
Coast Guard to conduct pollution removal operations on the Spirit of Sacramento
The tug Amy Elise pushes the Spirit of Sacramento through the water Sept. 30, 2016, near Sausalito, Calif. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Josh Lane.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Army Corps of Engineers and other partner agencies are preparing Friday to remove pollution from a vessel...
Coast Guard to temporarily move aids in Honolulu Harbor
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard will begin temporarily moving aids to navigation in Honolulu Harbor Friday to assist the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with planned dredging operations.
As previously announced, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hopper dredge Essayons will conduct maintenance dredging in March and April in Nawiliwili, Kalaeloa (Barbers Point), Hilo, Kahului, and Honolulu harbors. Mariners...
Coast Guard continues response to barge breakaway on Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard continues to respond to an allision resulting in a barge breakaway on the Mississippi River near Thebes, Illinois, Wednesday.
An Incident Command Post has been established at Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah. Lt. Cmdr. Heather Stratton is the Incident Commander.
Initially the river was closed from mile marker 44 to mile marker 30 on the Mississippi River. The Mississippi...
Coast Guard to temporarily move aids near Kahului Harbor
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard will begin temporarily moving aids to navigation in Kahului Harbor, Maui, Wednesday, to assist the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with planned dredging operations.
As previously released, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hopper dredge Essayons will conduct maintenance dredging in March and April starting in Nawiliwili, and then at Kalaeloa (Barbers Point), Hilo,...
Coast Guard to temporarily move navigation aids for dredging of Hawaiian harbors
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is scheduled to temporarily move aids to navigation in four of the main Hawaiian Islands commercial harbors to assist the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with planned dredging operations beginning this week.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hopper dredge Essayons will conduct maintenance dredging in March and April starting in Nawiliwili this week, and then at...
Tow vessel safely recovers barges that hit Starved Rock Lock and Dam
The towing vessel Joyce Hale recovers one of two barges that drifted into piers of the Starved Rock Dam in Utica, Ill., June 15, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MILWAUKEE — Two barges that drifted against piers of the Starved Rock Dam in Utica, Ilinois Sunday afternoon have been safely recovered.
One of the barges, carrying corn, was recovered Sunday evening, while the second barge, carrying...
