Coast Guard monitors oil spill response near Lake Charles,

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is monitoring the response to an oil spill in the vicinity of Calcasieu Point Landing near Lake Charles, Louisiana, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles pollution responders received a report at approximately 8:15 a.m. Monday of an unknown quantity of oil in the water in an industrial canal north of Choupique Island.
Coast Guard pollution responders...
Coast Guard, port partners continue post Hurricane Laura operations

Senior Chief Michael Oyler and a contractor with Entergy Corporation pose for a photo in front of a generator that was delivered to Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Sep. 4, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard along with government, private port and community partners continued removing obstructions blocking the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway...
Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles holds change of command

Cmdr. Darwin Jenson relieves Cmdr. Daniel Cost of command at a change-of-command ceremony for Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on July 10, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Johanna Strickland.
LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana — Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles held a change-of-command ceremony at the Lake Charles Civic Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana,...
Coast Guard investigates incident on Calcasieu River Ship Channel

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana — Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles is conducting a Marine Casualty Investigation in collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Law Enforcement Division to determine the cause of Wednesday’s vessel allision with a dredge pipeline operating on the Calcasieu River Ship Channel near Hackberry, La.
The incident resulted in one loss of...
Coast Guard authorizes carriage of liquefied natural gas on Marvel Crane in Louisiana

The Marvel Crane, the first liquid natural gas carrier to transport natural gas from the Southwest Louisiana LNG facility, transits a channel in Hackberry, Louisiana, May 28, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard photo
LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana. — Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles issued the initial Certificate of Compliance to the liquid natural gas carrier Marvel Crane, May 28, 2019, at the Cameron...
Commonwealth liquified natural gas project receives favorable Coast Guard recommendation

LAKE CHARLES, La. — The Coast Guard provided a letter of recommendation to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission March 19, 2019, on the Calcasieu Ship Channel’s suitability to support Liquefied Natural Gas marine traffic associated with the proposed Commonwealth LNG project.
Since the applicant’s letter of intent issued to the Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Port Arthur in July 2017, Coast...
Coast Guard oversees damaged vessel lift operation near Cameron, Louisiana

The Coast Guard monitored the lift operation of a damaged vessel Oct. 19, 2018 near Cameron, Louisiana. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
HOUSTON — Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles personnel oversaw the salvage of the offshore supply vessel Candy Store which ran aground north of Monkey Island near Cameron, Louisiana, early Monday morning.
The damaged vessel is being transported to a shipyard in...