Freezing temperatures keep Coast Guard ice breakers busy in Maine
A Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team South Portland 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL) boat is photographed in ice Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 in Fore River, Maine. A BUSL is used to service buoys and can also be used for ice breaking operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
BOSTON — This winter’s record cold temperatures are keeping Coast Guard crews busy as they work daily to keep waterways...
Coast Guard prepares for powerful winter storm in Northeast
BOSTON – Coast Guard units across the Northeast are gearing up as a powerful winter storm with damaging winds, snowfall, and potential for coastal flooding is expected to impact our area Thursday.
The Boston-based 270-foot Coast Guard Cutter Seneca, will stage offshore to provide search and rescue coverage if needed, and shore based units are standing ready to deploy if necessary.
As conditions deteriorate...
Coast Guard responds to two vessels beset by ice in Hudson River
Coast Guard Cutter Penobscot Bay helps break free tug Stephanie Dann from the ice on the Hudson River near Kingston, New York, January 2, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Penobscot Bay)
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard assisted two vessels beset by ice in the Hudson River, Tuesday morning.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector New York command center were notified Sunday...
Coast Guard kicks off ice breaking season in Northeast
Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay file photo by Lt. Ken Sauerbrunn
BOSTON — The Coast Guard kicked off their ice-breaking season Monday, as winter’s cold temperatures are anticipated to impact every port, waterway, and harbor in the Northeast.
Operation Reliable Energy for Northeast Winters (RENEW) is the Coast Guard’s region-wide effort to ensure Northeast communities have the security, supplies,...
Coast Guard begins Operation Renew in Northeast for Icebreaking Season
BOSTON — With the National Weather Service reporting frigid arctic air settling over New England Thursday night with lows in the single digits, Coast Guard cutters are poised to work hard to keep vital shipping lanes open during the icebreaking season.
The season officially started Dec. 12 and runs through March. During the Coast Guard’s 2016-2017 winter ice breaking season, known as Operation...
Coast Guard begins Operation RENEW in Northeast for icebreaking season
Coast Guard Cutter Tackle breaks ice on the Kennebec River, Maine, April 1, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class LaNola Stone)
BOSTON —With local temperatures edging toward single digits, and reports of initial ice forming throughout New England, the Coast Guard’s winter icebreaking season has kicked off in the Northeast.
The season officially started Dec. 15 and runs...
Coast Guard commences Operation Reliable Energy for Northeast Winters
Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay breaks ice in the Hudson River near Catskill, N.Y., on March 3, 2015, in support of Operation Reliable Energy for Northeast Winters. (Coast Guard photo by Lt. Ken Sauerbrunn)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound is currently participating in the winter icebreaking season which officially kicked off on Dec. 15, 2015.
During the Coast Guard’s 2015-2016...
Maine based Coast Guard cutters break ice to mitigate flood danger on Kennebec River
Coast Guard Cutter Tackle breaks ice on the Kennebec River, Maine, April 1, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class LaNola Stone)
BOSTON – The Coast Guard broke ice this week in the main channel of the Kennebec River from Merrymeeting Bay to Gardiner, Maine. This reduced the risk of ice jam flooding as snow and river ice melt.
Spring runoff from rain and melting snow can cause choke...
Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay returns home following one of the harshest winters on record
Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay breaks ice in the Hudson River near Catskill, N.Y., on March 3, 2015, in support of Operation Reliable Energy for Northeast Winters (OP RENEW)\(Coast Guard photo by Lt. Ken Sauerbrunn)
BOSTON — Following a 61-day deployment on the Hudson River, the Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay returned to their homeport of Rockland, Maine yesterday after conducting icebreaking operations...
