Coast Guard searching for missing man from tanker in Gulf of Mexico
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard crews and the tanker Elia crew are searching for one of Elia’s crewmen off Port Aransas, Texas, Sunday.
Missing is the chief engineer, a 47-year-old Russian man.
After searching throughout the ship, the crew of the 800-foot Liberian flagged tanker called the Coast Guard for help at 1:55 p.m. They reported that the chief engineer had been seen around 10:10...
Coast Guard reopens waterway after collision in the Intracoastal Waterway
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port for the Houston/Galveston area has reopened a two-mile stretch of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Sunday, after a collision between Bolivar Peninsula and Goat Island caused one of the involved boats to sink, presenting a possible hazard to navigation.
At approximately 1 p.m., the captain of the towing vessel Dixie Courage contacted Coast Guard Sector...
Coast Guard rescues 5 from platform in Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON — Five men were rescued Monday from an unmanned platform about 40 miles southeast of the Texas/Louisiana border, after their fishing boat began taking on water.
The men made it to the unmanned platform and one man was able to call the Coast Guard for help at about 10:45 a.m. Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston watchstanders sent a 45-foot response boat and crew from Coast Guard Station...
Coast Guard rescues 12-year-old boy drifting from shore off Bolivar Peninsula
HOUSTON — A 12-year-old boy was hoisted to safety by a Coast Guard helicopter crew Tuesday, after drifting 300-400 yards away from shore in an inner tube near Crystal Beach on Bolivar Peninsula in Texas.
The boy was reportedly swimming with his family when he was pulled out to sea. The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office contacted Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston watchstanders to request...
Coast Guard medevacs Russian sailor near Lake Charles, Louisiana
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a Russian man Sunday, who was coughing up blood and had difficulty breathing while his ship was anchored about 11 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana.
The crew of the cargo ship Saimaagracht contacted Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston watchstanders at 2:15 p.m., reporting that the chief mate was having problems. A flight surgeon determined a speedy medevac...
Joint response underway for ship, barge collision in Houston Ship Channel
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard along with state and local partners are responding to a collision near Texas City, in the Houston Ship Channel.
A barge loaded with marine fuel oil sits partially submerged in the Houston Ship Channel, March 22, 2014.
At approximately 12:35 p.m. on Saturday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call from the captain of the 585-foot bulk carrier...
Coast Guard rescues distressed boaters, searches for missing wade fishermen
HOUSTON — Coast Guard crews suspended their search for two missing wade fishermen near the mouth of the Brazos River Sunday afternoon, rescued four with the Galveston Fire Department from a sinking boat near Sea Wolf Park Sunday morning and assisted five people in a disabled boat drifting toward the Sabine Pass jetties Saturday evening.
A bystander watched the two wade fishermen get washed...
Coast Guard responds to 5 people in the water, medevacs 1 from Galveston Bay
HOUSTON — Four people were rescued from the water and one was medevaced by the Coast Guard after the boat they were on became swamped just off Morgan’s Point in the Houston Ship Channel, Friday.
The captain of a pilot boat reported seeing five people in the water to watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston at approximately 8:20 a.m., and that one of the five couldn’t...
Coast Guard, local agencies search for missing Dallas native in San Luis Pass
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a 21-year-old Dallas native who was reported missing in San Luis Pass, Friday.
Friends of the missing man called the Galveston Police Department at approximately 7:30 p.m., reporting that while swimming in San Luis Pass the missing man had been swept away by the strong current.
“The man was swimming on the sandbar when he stepped in a hole and panicked...
