MIAMI — The Coast Guard continues to respond to the loss of containers from the barge Columbia Elizabeth, which reported losing multiple containers between Cape Canaveral and Palm Beach, Florida, Sunday. Marine prevention teams from Coast Guard Sector Miami and Marine Safety Detachment Lake Worth have been dispatched to the Port of Palm beach where […]
MIAMI — Twenty Cuban migrants were repatriated to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba, by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore Tuesday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Key West, Florida command center received a report of eight people aboard a homemade raft 31 nautical miles south of Key West Saturday night. The Coast […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard, Maryland State Police, Maryland Natural Resources Police and Anne Arundel County Fire Rescue are searching for a man Friday off Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders received a report Thursday at approximately 9 p.m. from Anne Arundel Fire Rescue stating a man not wearing a […]
BALTIMORE — Two survivors of a Dec. 20 capsized vessel incident were reunited with their rescuers Wednesday at Coast Guard Station Annapolis. Brad Stemcosky and Charlie Frend met with responders from the Coast Guard, Maryland State Police, Maryland Natural Resources Police and Saint Mary’s County. Stemcosky and Frend, both of whom are experienced boaters, got […]
CAPE MAY, N.J. — A Coast Guard boat crew medevaced a man off Cape May, Tuesday. Command center watchstanders from the 5th Coast Guard District received notification at 1:42 p.m. Monday that a 46-year-old crew member of the 600-foot French-flagged motor vessel Tamarin, had suffered a possible stroke. Due to inclement weather, the rescue was […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a man suffering back pain Tuesday from a fishing vessel near Oregon Inlet. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified Monday at 10 p.m. of the 60-foot fishing vessel Eagle with a 39-year-old man aboard suffering back pain. Due to inclement weather, rescue was postponed until the […]
CAPE CHARLES, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two men Sunday from a 19-foot skiff aground and taking on water in Cape Charles. Coast Guard watchstanders were notified Sunday at 5:15 p.m. of a 19-foot skiff aground and taking on water with a 31-year-old man and a 51-year-old man aboard. A 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard is overseeing salvage efforts Saturday for a motor vessel that ran aground on the Delaware River. The vessel was successfully refloated at approximately 1 p.m. The 622-foot Marshall Islands-flagged motor vessel, Odigitria, ran aground at approximately 4:30 a.m. as it was transiting to Grows Terminal in Morrisiville, Pennsylvania. Watchstanders at […]
With unseasonably warm weather forecast for the holidays, the Coast Guard is reminding boaters, anglers, kayakers and hunters that even though the air temperature feels warm, the water temperature is still cold. Whether you’re trying to get in one last day on the water or trying out some new toys, don’t let your guard down. […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard urges mariners Wednesday to exercise caution while transiting the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW) due to shoaling conditions. Several portions of the AICW show significant shoaling, specifically those areas near mile markers 237, 271, 280 and 321 in North Carolina. There have been and continue to be groundings in these […]
