Coast Guard conducts waterways analysis study of Puget Sound North
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard is seeking public comment in regard to its ongoing Waterways Analysis and Management System review of Puget Sound from Possession Sound to Dalco Passage.
The Coast Guard uses WAMS to validate the adequacy of existing aids to navigation system, as well as to get a better understanding of the uses of each waterway and general safety issues.
WAMS focuses on the waterway’s...
Coast Guard proposes changes to Shilshole Bay entrance ATON in Puget Sound
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to make multiple changes to the Aids to Navigation system at the entrance to Shilshole Bay in Puget Sound.
The proposed changes include disestablishing Shilshole Bay Approach Lighted Buoy “S” (18110), lighting Shilshole Bay Entrance Buoys 1 (LLNR 18125) and 2 (LLNR 18130), changing the light characteristic of Shilshole Bay Breakwater Light 3 (LLNR...
Coast Guard to employ flashbang munitions as a warning tool in Puget Sound
SEATTLE – The Puget Sound-area Coast Guard will begin employing flashbang munitions as a means to warn non-compliant boaters that they are entering a security zone.
The Coast Guard routinely escorts vessels transiting within Puget Sound, enforcing moving security zones around US Navy ships, Washington State ferries, cruise ships, and tank ships. As a part of enforcing these security zones, the...
Freighter Captain Sentenced to Prison for Being Drunk While Commanding Ship
Seattle – SEONG UG SIN, a citizen of Korea, and captain of the STX Daisy was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 14 days in prison, and 6 months of supervised release, during which time he is not allowed to sail in United States waters. SIN was arrested April 14, 2010, after a Coast Guard inspection crew found him drunk while in command of the 590 foot vessel in the Straits of...
