Coast Guard monitors clean-up operations for sunken tugboat in U.S. Virgin Islands

Coast Guard monitors clean-up operations for sunken tugboat in U.S. Virgin Islands
Coast Guard crews monitor clean-up operations conducted by the National Response Corp. crews Nov. 17, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo) ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands — Coast Guard pollution teams are monitoring clean-up operations Wednesday to recover discharged oil from the partially sunken and abandoned tugboat Cape Lookout within Krause Lagoon in St. Croix. “The National Response Corporation in...

Coast Guard responding to oil spill in Halifax River

Coast Guard responding to oil spill in Halifax River
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard is responding Wednesday to a tugboat leaking oil on the Halifax River in Ormond-By-The-Sea. Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Command Center watch standers received a call at 3:45 p.m. from the National Response Corporation, stating a resident in the area informed them the tugboat Tutahaca was leaking oil. Coast Guard pollution responders arrived on scene at...

Coast Guard, National Park Service complete removal of diesel fuel, marine pollutants onboard Paloma

Coast Guard, National Park Service complete removal of diesel fuel, marine pollutants onboard Paloma
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard and National Park Service completed removal of marine pollutants and diesel fuel from the grounded fishing vessel Paloma, at Ocean Beach in Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco activated an Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO) Tuesday to remove the diesel fuel and any other potential marine pollutants...

Coast Guard, National Park Service working together to remove diesel fuel onboard grounded fishing boat Paloma

Coast Guard, National Park Service working together to remove diesel fuel onboard grounded fishing boat Paloma
SAN FRANCISCO – Coast Guard Sector San Francisco and National Park Service personnel are working together to remove any marine pollutants and primarily diesel fuel from onboard the grounded fishing vessel, Paloma, at Ocean Beach in Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, Tuesday. The active search for the boat operator was suspended on Monday night. Coast Guard responders worked...