Tag: USCG

The US Coast Guard and good Samaritans aboard several commercial vessels responded to a vessel fire on the 650-foot Sincerity Ace 1,800 nautical miles northwest of Oahu on the high seas, on December 31. 16 of the 21 crew were rescued, but there are five missing, with fears that three of them are dead.

The US Coast Guard informed that it is searching for two missing people, after an 18-foot vessel capsizes on December 30, off Jupiter Inlet. The two people missing are a Bahamian national, which according to the USCG is a suspected migrant smuggler, and a 9-year-old Haitian national.

The US Coast Guard provided guidance for acceptance of electronic visual distress signal devices (eVDSDs) that are evaluated as meeting the design and performance requirements of the recently published Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services Standard 13200.0 for Electronic Visual Distress Signal Devices.

The asphalt carrier 'Amber Bay' suffered an engine room fire as it began to depart the New York Harbor area, at the night of Wednesday, December 19. The vessel is disabled and the United States Coast Guard is coordinating the response operations.

The 2018 Act incorporates a provision to provide recreational COD holders the ability to select a multi-year renewal (1-5 years) during an implementation period that will start from January 1, 2019 until December 31, 2021. After this period, a five-year document, for recreational vessels only, will become automatic.

The US Coast Guard informed that it launched its ice breaking season on December 17, as winter’s cold temperatures are expected to affect every port, waterway, and harbor in the Northeast. A coordinated effort with the maritime industry ensures the vital ports of the Northeast remain open year-round.

The US Coast Guard has partially taken over response operations to contain an oil discharge from the site of the collapsed Mississippi Canyon Block 20 offshore platform 11 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River. USCG will now access the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and assume authority for containing and disposing the oil.

The US Coast Guard responded to an oil discharge near Garden Island Bay, Louisiana, on Friday, December 14. Namely, around 420 gallons of crude oil were discharged from a damaged saltwater disposal line at the Texas Petroleum Investment Company.

USCG offloaded 2,606 pounds of cocaine worth of $30 million  and apprehended three suspected smugglers, on Tuesday, December 11. The interdiction was made from a go-fast vessel in international waters off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The US Coast Guard Marine Safety Centre issued the 14th Coast Guard Ballast Water Management System type approval certificate to Panasia Co., Ltd., for its GloEn-Patrol BWMS. It also received the 22nd application from Semb-Eco LUV U1 Ballast Water Management System manufactured by Semb-Eco Pte, Ltd.