Coast Guard responds to sunken tug in Townsend marina
SEATTLE — Coast Guard pollution responders are responding to a report of a tug that sank at the Port Orchard Railway Marina in Port Townsend, Washington, Monday.
Members from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound’s Incident Management Division are on scene overseeing the removal and containment of fuel discharged from the 65-foot tug Meagan M. The vessel is currently registered as a towing vessel;...
Coast Guard responds to sunken tug on Bainbridge Island
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology and Bainbridge Island Fire Department are responding to pollution caused by a tug vessel that sank at its slip in Eagle Harbor Marina on Bainbridge Island, Wash., Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound opened the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and hired Global Diving and Salvage to conduct clean-up and salvage.
Bainbridge Island...
Coast Guard closes Mississippi River above Head of Passes after tug boat sinks
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard has closed the Mississippi River above Head of Passes in response to a sunken vessel, Saturday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 12:10 p.m. from a passenger vessel near the 48-foot tug boat C-Pec that capsized and sank in the river at mile marker eight above Head of Passes near Venice.
Sector New Orleans deployed a 29-foot Response...
Coast Guard and firefighters respond to sunken tug encased in ice
Pollution investigators from Coast Guard Sector Detroit and firefighters from a Saginaw, Mich., fire department are at the scene of a sunken tug boat partially encased in ice in Saginaw Bay today and are working with the tug company’s representatives to develop a salvage plan.
Representatives from Bay Aggregate, the company that owns the Ann Marie, found the 65-foot tug sunk upright at the company’s...
Coast Guard monitoring sunken tug near Hillsboro Inlet
MIAMI — A Coast Guard prevention team is monitoring refloating operations of a partially submerged tug at the mouth of Hillsboro Inlet, Fla., Tuesday.
