Unified Command established for fishing vessel aground
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Office of Spill Prevention and Response and Santa Barbara County established a unified command to continue its response to the 60-foot fishing vessel that ran aground on Santa Cruz Island Thursday morning.
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach watchstanders received a report from Vessel Assist Ventura that the fishing...
Coast Guard continues to oversee fishing vessel salvage near Duck, N.C.
A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter arrives on scene after receiving the report of a disabled fishing vessel drifting towards the coast of Duck, N.C., Dec. 7, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard continued to oversee the removal of fuel and hazardous substances from a grounded fishing vessel as part of salvage operations near Duck, N.C., Sunday.
The...
Salvage crews complete fuel removal from SEACOR Power
Contracted salvage divers are transported from the SEACOR Brave to the SEACOR Eagle, May 1, 2021 off Port Fourchon, Louisiana. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brendan Freeman)
HOUMA, La. — Salvage crews have completed the removal of diesel fuel from SEACOR Power’s fuel tanks.
Crews removed approximately 20,363 gallons of diesel fuel from the SEACOR Power using the hot tapping...
Coast Guard concludes monitoring diesel fuel clean-up near Sitka, Alaska
The fishing vessel, Haida Lady, near Sitka Alaska, March 3, 2021.
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard has concluded the monitoring of diesel fuel clean-up operations near Sitka, Alaska.
The fishing vessel, Haida Lady, has been raised with lift bags and dewatering pumps, and is tied off to shore. Approximately 1,550 gallons of diesel fuel and oily water mixture were removed from the vessel’s...
Unified Command activated for fishing vessel aground near Browns Inlet
WILMINGTON, N.C. — A Unified Command was established on Wednesday afternoon to oversee the safe removal of fishing vessel Sea Angels, which ran aground in the vicinity of Browns Inlet, North Carolina.
On Dec. 9, 2019, fishing vessel Sea Angels ran aground near a restricted navigation area in Browns Inlet, where the potential of unexploded military ordnance exists due to active live fire training...
Coast Guard responds to diesel discharge from semi-submerged tugboat
Diesel spill resulting from the semi-submerged tugboat Miss Bonnie, Nov. 18, 2019, in Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, which allided with the Old Bonner Bridge on Nov. 17, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet)
OREGON INLET, N.C. — The Coast Guard is responding to a discharge of diesel from a semi-submerged tugboat in the vicinity of the Old Bonner Bridge in Oregon...
Coast Guard closes portion of Offshore Systems Kenai dock in Nikiski, Alaska
Heavy seas caused an Offshore System Kenai (OSK) earth and fill dock, with fuel lines, to collapse, Oct. 2, 2019, resulting in the discharge of approximately 300 gallons of oil. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port closed portion of Offshore Systems Kenai (OSK) dock in Nikiski, Alaska, Wednesday.
All operations on the north face of the pier are...
Coast Guard, State of Hawaii respond to grounded sailboat on Oahu
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Sellman, a marine science technician with Sector Honolulu, and Adam Teekell, a responder from the State of Hawaii Department of Health, assess the grounded sailing vessel Kuuliealoha II off Makapu’u Beach, Hawaii, Sept. 14, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Joe McCollum)
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Hawaii State representatives are responding...
Coast Guard responds to sunken vessel near Laplace, Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and good Samaritans responded to the sinking of the towing vessel St. Rita on the Mississippi River near Laplace, Louisiana, Thursday.
At approximately 3 p.m Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report that the St. Rita, owned and operated by Marquette Transportation Company, sank on the right descending bank on the Mississippi River.
The five crewmembers that...
