Coast Guard conducts pollution assessment after vessel fire in Port of Toledo
First responders from local Toledo Ohio fire departments respond to a fire aboard a 762-foot vessel in the Port of Toledo, February 16, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard is conducting pollution assessment of the Maumee River following a fire onboard a vessel at the CSX Torco terminal in Oregon, Ohio in the Port of Toledo, Saturday.
Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector...
Coast Guard rescues 7 off grounded vessel in Western Lake Erie
Air Station Detroit MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued seven people Saturday evening off their grounded vessel on Buckeye Reef near Middle Bass Island in Western Lake Erie.
Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Detroit received a report of a 28-foot vessel that was hard aground on Buckeye Reef with five adults and two children...
Coast Guard investigating unknown substance near Kelley’s Island Shoal in Lake Erie
Contractors conduct dive operations at the site of a sunken barge near the Kelley’s Island Shoal in Lake Erie, Oct. 21, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Station Marblehead)
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a discharge of an unknown substance from the site of a sunken barge near Kelley’s Island Shoal in Lake Erie, Sunday.
Due to the report, the Coast Guard...
Coast Guard, BP-Husky Toledo refinery to conduct spill response exercise
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Unit Toledo, Ohio, and representatives from the BP-Husky Toledo refinery are scheduled to hold an oil-spill response exercise, Tuesday and Wednesday at various marinas in the Toledo area.
The exercise is designed to provide emergency response personnel an opportunity to improve pollution response preparedness by testing local contingency plans and...
Coast Guard, local emergency crews respond to truck falling through ice near Catawba Island
TOLEDO, Ohio — The Coast Guard and representatives from local emergency response agencies responded to the scene of a truck that fell through the ice, Friday morning, near Catawba Island in western Lake Erie.
Two people were in the truck when it broke through the ice, but they were able to escape and get to shore before the truck completely fell through the ice.
At about 10 a.m., a watchstander...
Coast Guard helps to safely unground vessel
TOLEDO, Ohio – Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Toledo and Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, along with the crew of the CSL Niagara and Lloyds Register, safely refloated a grounded vessel near Sandusky, Ohio, Monday night.
The Canadian flagged, self-discharging, bulk cargo vessel CSL NIAGARA, operated by V-Ships, loaded with approximately 30,000 Metric Tons of Coal, grounded in the Moseley Channel,...
Coast Guard working with industry to free grounded vessel
TOLEDO, Ohio – Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Toledo personnel are working with industry representatives to develop a salvage and lightering plan for freeing a grounded vessel near Sandusky, Ohio, Monday.
The Canadian flagged self-discharging bulk cargo vessel CSL NIAGARA, owned by V Ships Canada and loaded with approximately 30,000 Metric Tons of Coal, grounded in the Moseley Channel, Sunday morning.
V...
Coast Guard continues response to vessel that allided with pier on Maumee River
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Coast Guard continues to work Wednesday with the operator of the 730-foot bulk carrier that allided with the Torco dock at the CSX facility near Toledo Tuesday.
The crew of the CSL Tadoussac anticipates having all 27,000 tons of iron ore offloaded to the CSX facility by the end of the day and is arranging for the vessel to be relocated to the Ironhead Marine facility in Toledo...
Coast Guard responds to vessel allision with pier on Maumee River
CLEVELAND – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of an oil sheen and a damaged vessel in the vicinity of the Maumee River, after a 730-foot bulk carrier reportedly allided with a dock near Toledo, Ohio.
The motor vessel CSL Tadoussac, a Canadian-flagged 730-foot self-loading bulk carrier, incurred a puncture in its starboard stern bunker tank when it backed into the pier of the Torco dock at...
