Coast Guard repatriates 88 people to Cuba

A good Samaritan notified Sector Key West watchstanders of this migrant rustic about 24 miles south of Sugarloaf Key, Florida, Aug. 23, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered’s crew repatriated 88 Cubans to Cuba, Thursday, following several interdictions off Florida’s coast.
A good Samaritan notified Sector Key West watchstanders of a makeshift vessel,...
Coast Guard, BSEE responding to oil platform fire

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is responding to a report of an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at 1:20 a.m. that Shell Enchilada platform was on fire approximately 112 nautical miles south of Vermilion Bay, Louisiana.
There were 46 crewmembers reported aboard...