Tag: USCG

The 150 crewmembers of the US Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star arrived on January 17, in Antarctica along with a resupply vessel during Operation Deep Freeze. This is a joint military service mission to resupply US interests in Antarctica. The Polar Star arrived after completing an 18-mile trip through the ice to McMurdo Sound.

The U.S. Coast Guard and local agencies are looking for two people in the water near Bootheville, Louisiana after the support boat they were on capsized during a training exercise involving the oil spill response vessel Louisiana 'Responder'. The vessel had five workers onboard. Although three were rescued, two are still missing.

The US Coast Guard, announced on January 16, the official marine casualty investigation of the fishing vessel Mary B I, which capsized off Newport, Oregon on January 9. The capsized vessel led to three fishermen loosing their lives, according to the Coast Guard's statement. 

After a fire broke out on the the deck of the Yantian Express, on 3 January, Hapag Lloyd informed that a decision was made to evacuate the crew. The fire is under control and two additional tugs were sent to assist the vessel. The newly-added tugs are the DonJon-owned Atlantic Enterprise and the Boskalis AHTS Sovereign, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. 

The US Coast Guard requested the public’s help in preventing unnecessary emergency responses by US Coast Guard crews and local responders in the northern Washington area, specifically in the greater Puget Sound area. The majority of vessels that are unmanned and adrift with the majority of them being non-distress situations.

The US Coast Guard refloated the 958-foot bulk carrier 'JSW Salem', after it ran aground about 2.5 miles east of Virginia Beach, Thursday morning. The refloating became feasible with the rising tide and the RB-M crew escorted the ship to an anchorage about 1 mile off Virginia Beach. 

The US Coast Guard is investigating the capsizing of the commercial fishing vessel Mary B II, which led to the deaths of three fishermen at the entrance of Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon, on January 8. Before the capsizing of Mary B II, its crew had requested a US Coast Guard escort across the Yaquina Bay Bar.

The National Maritime Center posted updated information for merchant mariners that are affected by the lapse in appropriation. The NMC said that the partial shutdown may affect the industry and cause inconvenience. Namely, USCG informed that there are extension for marine credentials.

A towing vessel sank near the Kentucky Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River, US, on Tuesday. The US Coast Guard is currently responding to the incident. Watchstanders at USCG Sector Ohio Valley received a report at approximately 10 p.m. Monday that the inspected towing vessel Tom Bussler capsized at mile marker 15 on the Tennessee River. 

The US Coast Guard, Homeland Security Investigations and Customs and Border Protection interdicted a sport fisher boat with 7 kilograms of cocaine onboard, Monday, approximately eight miles east of Dania Beach, Florida.