Coast Guard advises caution for Lake Michigan swimmers, boaters as foul weather approaches
CLEVELAND – With similar weather conditions expected this week as last week, the U.S. Coast Guard is advising Lake Michigan residents and visitors to be cautious and commercial vessels to prepare for very strong winds and dangerous sea conditions and consider taking shelter in port until winds and waves subside.
According to the National Weather Service, winds and waves are expected to increase...
U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard units offer tours during Grand Haven festival
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Neah Bay and Buckthorn and the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Samuel Risley are scheduled to make their official entrance into the Grand River Aug. 2, marking the beginning of a busy and exciting week at the 2010 Coast Guard Festival.
Coast Guard Auxiliary offers passenger-vessel inspections
GRAND HAVEN, Mich.- The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary here is offering courtesy, dockside inspections for passenger vessels this season.
The inspections will cover equipment and operating requirements, drug-testing program regulations, licensing requirements and pollution-prevention regulations.
Uninspected passenger vessel operators will be allowed to pick the time and location where the inspection will...
Coast Guard investigates ship, bridge allision
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — Coast Guard Sector Field Office Grand Haven, Mich., responded to a bridge allision on the St. Joseph River, which occurred shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Coast Guard reminds boaters not to anchor in navigational channels
GRAND HAVEN – With salmon season underway, the U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of small vessels that anchoring in a narrow navigation channel is dangerous and may impede the movement of large vessels, which is covered by federal navigation rules.
Rule Nine of the Navigation Rules states that “every vessel shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid anchoring in a narrow channel.”...
Coast Guard Ships Offer Tours DuringCoast Guard Festival
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Mackinaw and Biscayne Bay will make their official entrance into the Grand River, Monday, marking the beginning of a busy and exciting weekend at the 2008 Coast Guard Festival.
The Parade of Ships will begin at 1 p.m., Monday. Visiting ships will moor at designated positions along Escanaba Park, adjacent to the Grand Haven Coast Guard Station,...
Sector Field Office Grand Haven Change of Command
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. – Lt. Cmdr. Robert Hemp will relieve Lt. Cmdr. Steve Lowe of command of Sector Field Office Grand Haven in a change of command ceremony Friday, July 11, 2008 at 11 a.m.
The ceremony will be held here at Escanaba Memorial Park.
Lowe assumed command of Sector Field Office Grand Haven in August 2006. As Commanding Officer, Lowe was in charge of more than 40 active duty, reserve...
