Coast Guard fines Great Lakes freighter for failure to report grounding
DETROIT – Coast Guard Sector Detroit is reminding mariners of the importance of immediately reporting commercial vessel marine casualties, following a $5,000 civil penalty issued Thursday to a commercial vessel owner who failed to report the vessel running aground months prior.
Timely notification to the Coast Guard ensures that appropriate corrective actions are taken for the marine casualty, proper...
Marine Safety Unit Toledo transfers command on Thursday
TOLEDO, Ohio – U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Toledo is scheduled to hold a change-of-command ceremony at the Valentine Theater, here, Thursday at 11 a.m.
Lt. Cmdr. Keith Pelletier, current commanding officer of MSU Toledo, is set to be relieved by Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Floyd during a formal ceremony conducted before the assembled personnel of the command. Pelletier graduated from Coast Guard...
U.S. and Canadian response agencies to test oil spill response capabilities
TOLEDO, Ohio – The U.S. Coast Guard, Federal, state and local response agencies; local industry and Canadian response agencies are scheduled to conduct an oil spill response exercise, Wednesday, in Port Clinton, Ohio, and the Lake Erie Islands.
Toledo Area Agencies Schedule Exercise to Test Security Plan
TOLEDO – The U.S. Coast Guard, Federal, state and local response agencies, and local industry are scheduled to conduct an exercise here on Wednesday.
The Area Maritime Security Exercise Program (AMSTEP), which simulates a major maritime transportation security incident (TSI), is one of a series of federally mandated exercises the Coast Guard holds throughout the country.
The one-day exercise...
