itCG-maritime security zone for G-20 summit, public meetings on proposed rule, migrant smugglers sentenced to prison
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Coast Guard will implement a security zone on an approximate five-mile area at the intersection of Pittsburgh’s three rivers during the G-20 global economic summit beginning at 6 a.m. tomorrow until about 10 p.m. on Friday. Guardians will work with partner agencies to patrol and enforce the security zone. Watch video and read story here [...]
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What are your plans for World Maritime Day?
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
World Maritime Day is fast approaching. What are your plans? Every year the International Maritime Organization (IMO) celebrates this event in different ports across the world with the goal of attracting public, private, and government attention to the importance of shipping safety, maritime security and the marine environment. The theme for the 2009 event is [...]
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itCG-three rescued after plane flipped over, maritime security, parasail incident investigation continues
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
A Coast Guard Cordova Aviation Support Facility helicopter crew rescued three men after their plane reportedly flipped over while taking off from the beach along Patton Bay on Montague Island, Alaska, yesterday. The three passengers escaped the plane without injuries and used a satellite phone to call the Alaska State Troopers for help. The Troopers [...]
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itCG-freight container mishap, two missing boaters located in the water, two boat ejections
Monday, September 21, 2009
Coast Guard is investigating an incident where two containers dislodged from a vessel and fell onto a tank barge at the Port of Los Angeles. Luckily, there were no injuries and no environmental impact as a result of the incident. Story here After receiving a report of two missing boaters Sunday evening, the Coast Guard [...]
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itCG-Panama Canal exercise, 42 rescued in three SAR cases, safety zone enforcement
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk and other U.S. Armed Forces along with some of its international counterparts gathered at Naval Station Mayport to hold Fuerza Aliadas Panamax, a multinational exercise focused on defending the Panama Canal. Although the exercise is annual, this is the first time the command and control efforts for the 30 ships, 12 [...]
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itCG-CGC Zephyr returns to port, boat fire, building international relations
Friday, September 18, 2009
CGC Zephyr returned to homeport in Pascagoula, Mississippi, yesterday after a 46-day patrol. While underway, the cutter patrolled approximately 6,300 square miles and boarded 56 commercial fishing vessels. Fisheries boardings check for compliance with federal laws and regulations as well as fishing and safety equipment. The cutter also assisted with the apprehension of eight illegal [...]
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itCG-Guardian resuscitates diver, another boat fire, suspect vessel detained, airshow
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sunday, a Guardian on duty at Coast Guard Station Monterey in California, performed CPR and resuscitated a diver who was pulled from the water unconscious and not breathing. The woman was transferred to EMS and reportedly in stable condition. Story here Guardians in Astoria, Oregon, had a busy SAR weekend that extended into yesterday. Over [...]
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itCG-Navy sailor medevac, 164 migrants interdicted, bridge closure, boat salvage
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Yesterday, a Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City helicopter medically evacuated a Navy sailor from the USS Nitze about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. The sailor was suffering from possible appendicitis. Story here Coast Guard Cutter Bear located a dangerously overloaded and unseaworthy 40-foot boat in the Bahamas while on routine patrol [...]
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itCG-EPIRB leads to rescue, two medevaced, six rescued
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Although the crew onboard a fishing vessel did not directly call the Coast Guard for help, Guardians were alerted that a vessel was in trouble Sunday night by a 406 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) registered to the fishing vessel Captain Smoke, a 39-foot shrimping vessel. A Coast Guard helicopter launched to the [...]
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itCG-suspected migrants detained, international patrol concludes, search for kayaker
Monday, September 7, 2009
Coast Guard Cutter Petrel interdicted a boat carrying 11 suspected illegal Mexican immigrants about five miles off the coast of California yesterday. The overloaded 20-foot boat was about a mile-and-a-half into U.S. waters when it was intercepted. The cutter detained the boat and its passengers until transferring them to Customs and Border Protection. Click here [...]
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