Coast Guard to host free, public Community Day in Houston
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is scheduled to host a free, open-to-the-public Community Day in Houston on Saturday.
During the event, Coast Guard members from Sector Houston-Galveston and surrounding units will display equipment and discuss various Coast Guard missions.
Attendees can interact with Coast Guard air crews, rescue swimmers, boat crews, law enforcement personnel and K9 officers, drone operators,...
Coast Guard crews locate body of missing tug crewman
A Coast Guard Station Houston rescue boat crew, Harris County Sheriff’s Office boat crew and other mariners search for the missing man. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard helicopter crew located the body of the missing tug boat crewman from the capsized tugboat Ricky J Leboeuf near the location of the tug on the San Jacinto river Tuesday at 9:47 a.m.
The Coast Guard Air Station...
Coast Guard closes Upper Houston Ship Channel to ships after tug, barge sink
HOUSTON — Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service Houston closed a small section of the upper ship channel to deep draft ship traffic at 5:58 a.m. Monday, about an hour after a tug and barge sank.
A 1,000 yard long section of the ship channel, located about 2 miles east of the Interstate 610 bridge across from the Kinder Morgan terminals in Galena Park, remains open to barge traffic one at a time....
