Maritime News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
(ENS) The U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length that the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule took effect for the first time on Sunday. The new rule requires those vessels to slow down while operating in the U.S.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
John Seidman "would have gone into work mode, and he wouldn't have felt fear," says his wife, Jennifer. Military leaders, U.S. Coast Guard colleagues and families – coming from Virginia, Texas, the nearby Capay Valley and elsewhere – gather Friday in Sacramento to thank and remember the Guard's lost rescuers. They'll honor seven crew members of a search-and-rescue...
Maritime News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The US Coast Guard has delegated authority to Lloyd's Register to issue MARPOL Annex VI International Air Pollution Prevention Certificates (IAPP) on their behalf to US flag vessels. The IAPP delegation completes the full suite of delegated authorities available to Lloyd’s Register for marine vessels as a recognised organisation with the US flag administration. ? To formalise the new...
International Bird Rescue Research Center (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
On Monday October 26, 2009 a U.S. Coast Guard crew stationed at McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento, CA generously donated their time and the use of Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft #1705 to transport over 300 seabirds impacted by a Harmful Algae Bloom off the coast of Oregon in order that they could be rehabilitated at International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fairfield....
Maritime News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The US Coast Guard has delegated authority to Lloyd's Register to issue MARPOL Annex VI International Air Pollution Prevention Certificates (IAPP) on their behalf to US flag vessels. The IAPP delegation completes the full suite of delegated authorities available to… Read at LR cleared to issue anti-pollution certificates to US flag vessels
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
U.S. Coast Guard officials say searchers are turning their attention to finding aircraft flight recorder boxes for clues into the cause of the crash Thursday of a Coast Guard search plane and a Marine helicopter over the ocean near San Diego. Searchers had found no trace of either aircraft's crew as of Monday. The Coast Guard C-130 carried seven; the helicopter, two. A...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
By Kate Bramson NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- The U.S. Coast Guard is helping tow a commercial fishing vessel back to Point Judith Monday morning after the 65-foot vessel became disabled with engine trouble. Three people were aboard the Mattie Maren, from Wakefield, when the boat experienced trouble a couple of miles off Point Judith, at around 4:30 a.m., U.S. Coast Guard Ensign...
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has suspended the search for a second Navy pilot whose plane disappeared off the Texas coast on Wednesday.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
LOS ANGELES — The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is now a recovery mission, officials said Sunday. Petty Officer First Class Allison Conroy said there was little chance of finding survivors among the seven military personnel aboard the Coast Guard C-130 and the two in the Marine Corps...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has suspended the search for a second Navy pilot whose plane disappeared off the Texas coast on Wednesday.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has suspended the search for a second Navy pilot whose plane disappeared off the Texas coast on Wednesday.
DCmud - The Metro Urban Diary (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... plan. A hodgepodge of industrial buildings, Buzzard Point will continue to be the home of the U.S. Coast Guard Head Quarters until its move to St. Elizabeths in Anacostia. It will also be the terminus point for two of the planned DDOT street car lines. During the four-day period the PAT team will speak with area property owners such as Monday Properties , Akridge and Douglas Development...
Shanghaiist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... of history behind it and it’s worth reading about. [ ESPN ] Aw, how cute. Those Fleet Week U.S. Coast Guard guys are helping out in a joint maritime search-and-rescue exercise in waters off Shanghai. [ CCTV ] Photo by sheep sheep
International Bird Rescue Research Center (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
International Bird Rescue released 16 more healthy slime-free seabirds back into the wild today following a massive algae bloom incident off the coast of Oregon. Airlifted to safety by the U.S. Coast Guard, the rescue mission, which has united wildlife organizations and Bay Area residents, has saved the lives of hundreds of migratory birds. IBRRC’s dedicated staff and volunteers...
Sify (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Colombia's navy Wednesday seized 2,219 kg cocaine off the Andean nation's Pacific coast, authorities said, adding that a US Coast Guard vessel aided in the seizure.
