SF-10 Completes Swamp Fox Removal on Trout River
Pollution containment boom surrounds the fishing vessel Swamp Fox on the Trout River in Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 27, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Himes.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Response crews have completed removal operations of the 68-foot fishing vessel Swamp Fox, which was displaced and partially submerged on the Trout River during Hurricane Irma.
Unified Command...
Coast Guard suspends search for El Faro crew after 7-day search
MIAMI — The Coast Guard suspended the search for possible survivors from the cargo ship El Faro, which is believed to have sunk during Hurricane Joaquin, at sunset Wednesday,
Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force, Air National Guard and tugboat crews searched more than 183,000 square nautical miles off the Bahamian coast in a joint effort to locate the El Faro crew.
“I have come to a very difficult...
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, Monroe County and local partners to conduct full-scale international security exercise
BUFFALO, N.Y. — An upcoming exercise on the Niagara River, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, will bring together federal, state, local and Canadian law enforcement partners in a multi-agency exercise designed to prepare for and prevent cross-border terrorist and criminal activity.
There are no known threats against the area but boaters may notice an increased presence...
DHS ReCoM partners, Mexican Navy thwart smuggling attempt at sea
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Customs and Border Protection and the Mexican Navy worked together to interdict approximately 4,600 pounds of marijuana and apprehend three suspected smugglers in international waters about 150 miles southwest of the U.S.-Mexico border, Sunday.
During a routine flight, a U.S. Navy P-3 Orion observed a suspicious 35-foot panga with three people aboard....
Coast Guard hosts executive seminar for Spill of National Significance
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard hosted the 2013 Spill of National Significance Executive Seminar at its headquarters Monday.
As a follow up and identified best practice to the 2012 Spill of National Significance (SONS) Executive Seminar, the Coast Guard hosted the 2013 Executive Seminar to explore national level policy issues associated with Arctic spill response and to exercise national-level...
