Coast Guard, partners responding to vessel aground off Maui
HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources and County of Maui Police Department continue to work with contractors from Sea Engineering Inc and Pacific Helicopters to remove the pollution threat from the 94 ft vessel Nakoa grounded at Honolua Bay.
Earlier this week, contractors provided initial pollution mitigation, putting absorbent materials inside the vessel...
Coast Guard seeking public’s help in locating owner of adrift kayak
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s assistance after receiving a report of an unmanned overturned adrift blue kayak offshore approximately three miles northwest of Honolua Bay, Maui, Saturday.
The cruise ship Veendam reported the blue kayak adrift at approximately 10 a.m. and the kayak remains adrift.
No one has been reported missing or in distress in the area, but the Coast...
