Coast Guard opens Mississippi River with safety restrictions after tug boat sinks
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard has re-opened the Mississippi River above Head of Passes after determining it to be safe for navigation, Sunday.
Survey operations are ongoing in an effort to locate the sunken 48-foot tug boat C-Pec between mile marker eight and Head of Passes. Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service Lower Mississippi River will continue to implement vessel traffic management measures to...
Coast Guard responds to sunken tug in St. Marys River
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Coast Guard crews are responding Monday morning to a tug that sank in the upper St. Marys River.
At 3:30 a.m., a search-and-rescue controller at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., was contacted by the crew of the tug Bill Maier, which was towing three barges and the tug Hammond Bay when the crew lost sight of the Hammond Bay.
After securing the barges, the Bill...
Coast Guard and California Department of Fish and Game monitor response to sunken vessel
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Coast Guard and California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) responded to a partially sunken tug boat in Broad Slough near Antioch, Calif., Nov. 3.
The Coast Guard received a report of a sheen coming from a partially sunken tug boat in Broad Slough. Assets from the Coast Guard and DFG arrived on scene to investigate. Hardboom was deployed and the diesel was contained within...
Salvage crews recover missing crewmember from sunken tug J.R. Nichols
HOUSTON – A salvage crew working to raise the tug baot that sank in the Houston Ship Channel recovered what is believed to be the vessel’s missing crewmember Thursday.
Coast Guard, local authorities respond to sunken tug boat in Houston Ship Channel
HOUSTON- The Coast Guard,in conjunction with a Houston Police Department Dive Team and the Texas General Land Office, is responding to a sunken tug boat in the Houston Ship Channel.
