updated Sat. March 30, 2024
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The Maritime Executive
April 24, 2018
“The U.S. salvage industry's phenomenal response to the historic 2017 hurricane season is just another testament of the industry's capacity – simultaneously salvaging hundreds of ships, barges and boats in multiple locations following three hurricane landfalls, all while continuing to effectively meet theÃâà...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
April 24, 2018
"I look forward to enactment of this legislation that will turn a trafficked bay into an economic driver for Kodiak, while giving the (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) some property ... "If there's more barge traffic, that means potentially more problems with the Coast Guard getting their ships in and out," she said.
NJ.com
April 24, 2018
The reef area includes many vessels. Among them are the former U.S. Coast Guard cutter Tamaroa, which was featured in the book and movie, "The Perfect Storm," which was sunk in May 2017. Also there is the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford. The Radford was sunk on Aug. 10, 2011. ReportsÃâà...
KRGV
April 24, 2018
The U.S. Coast Guard had to fly out during the hurricane and tropical force winds and rescue 12 people off the ship and it stayed grounded for 21 days before they could unstick it,” said Port Director Ronald Mills. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used to dredge the channel every year, but stopped in 2008Ãâà...
Sun Sentinel
April 24, 2018
When 12 tons of cocaine and one ton of marijuana are delivered to Port Everglades by the Coast Guard Cutter Legare today, it will cost drug dealers some $400 million in wholesale proceeds, officials say. According to the Coast Guard, the drugs being offloaded Tuesday afternoon were seized recently inÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 23, 2018
The Coast Guard said in a news release Monday that the source of the spill near Norco "is reported to be secured." The news release says approximately 2,600 gallons of oil spilled into the river from a foreign-flagged ship called Iver Exporter. The vessel currently is moored at the Shell Norco ManufacturingÃâà...
Carolinacoastonline
April 22, 2018
Atlantic Beach — The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Richard Snyder was commissioned Friday at Coast Guard Station Fort Macon, officially entering the ship and its crew into active service. ... “I thank you for your hundreds of years of … support to your United States Coast Guard,” he said. “Today, we build uponÃâà...
KXLY Spokane
April 21, 2018
Astoria, Oregon - The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast is scheduled to return home today at 5 p.m. to Astoria, Oregon, after a 60-day counter-narcotic patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. While patrolling international waters off the coast of Mexico and Central America, Steadfast's lawÃâà...
Detroit Free Press
December 31, 1999
Concerns about Great Lakes, invasive species, hold up ballast water discharge bill in U.S. Senate. ... But environmental groups argued that the legislation as written eliminated Clean Water Act protections over ship discharges and could result in weaker standards set mainly by the Coast Guard instead ofÃâà...
