Coast Guard sets seasonal alert status for potential ice conditions for Upper Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Capstan, homeported in Philadelphia, breaks ice on the Chesapeake Bay in this Coast Guard file photo U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.
BALTIMORE — The Captain of the Port (COTP) Maryland-National Capital Region set seasonal alert status Thursday for the Upper Chesapeake Bay.
Seasonal alert status is the posture...
Captain of the port of Baltimore reverts to seasonal alert status
BALTIMORE — The Captain of the Port of Baltimore reverted to a seasonal alert status Friday for the Baltimore COTP zone.
A seasonal alert status is the posture set from Dec. 1 to Mar. 31 to prepare for the potential presence of ice.
Within the Coast Guard Sector Baltimore COTP zone, navigable waters typically affected by early ice formation include the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, upper Chesapeake...
