Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw delivers Christmas trees, works buoys for Operation Fall Retrieve
Seaman Jared S. Medina officially delivers the Christmas trees on behalf of U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw during a ceremony Dec. 3, 2016 at Navy Pier in Chicago. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of USCGC Mackinaw
CHICAGO — The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw returned to Chicago, Dec. 3, 2016, as this year’s “Christmas Ship” loaded with 1,200 Christmas trees.
Each year, the Coast Guard partners...
Response to vessel aground in St. Lawrence Seaway continues
The motor vessel Juno sits aground under the Thousand Islands Bridge, April 20, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
CLEVELAND – The Coast Guard continues its response Tuesday to a 621-foot bulk carrier which ran aground in the vicinity of Wellesley Island in the St. Lawrence River, New York, Monday while transiting inbound from the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Port of Toronto.
The Bahamian-flagged motor...
Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Working Group releases 2014 Ballast Water Management Repor
CLEVELAND — The Great Lakes Ballast Water Working Group released its 2014 Summary of Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Management activities Thursday.
The mission of the BWWG is to harmonize ballast water management efforts between: the U.S. Coast Guard, Transport Canada – Marine Safety and Security, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation.
Since...
Coast Guard, SLSDC complete salvage of freighter, reopen St. Lawrence Seaway
CLEVELAND — Incident responders from the Coast Guard and representatives from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation completed the salvage of the freighter that lost power and ran aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway, Tuesday, and have reopened the seaway to all vessel traffic as of 7:30 p.m., Thursday.
The motor vessel Federal Kivalina was removed from its resting spot near the Thousand...
Coast Guard continues to oversee response to disabled, aground freighter in St. Lawrence Seaway
CLEVELAND — Incident responders from the Coast Guard and representatives from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation continue to oversee the salvage and investigation of the disabled freighter that ran aground after losing steering Tuesday while transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway in the vicinity of Wellesley Island, New York.
The motor vessel Federal Kivalina is currently anchored upriver,...
Coast Guard continues to oversee response to disabled, aground freighter in St. Lawrence Seaway
CLEVELAND — Incident responders from the Coast Guard, in partnership with the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, are overseeing the salvage and investigation of a disabled freighter that ran aground after losing steering Tuesday while transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway in the vicinity of Wellesley Island, New York.
The freighter is currently anchored upriver, about one-third of a mile...
Coast Guard begins nation’s largest buoy retrieval operation
CLEVELAND — In anticipation of the coming ice season and to ensure the safety of vessels transiting the Great Lakes Basin, the Ninth Coast Guard District has begun its annual retrieval of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway System seasonal aids to navigation, the largest domestic aids to navigation recovery operation in the United States.
Personnel participating in Operation Fall Retrieval...
Coast Guard participates in oil spill containment boom deployment training
MASSENA, N.Y. — An annual emergency response exercise was held at the Seaway Maintenance Facility here Tuesday that involved a boom deployment training exercise below Snell Lock.
The exercise was a joint effort between the U.S. Coast Guard, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne.
The exercise involved members of Coast Guard...
