NEW YORK — A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, New Jersey, rescued seven people Thursday near the East Rockaway Inlet near New York. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received a distress call on VHF marine radio Channel 16 at approximately 2 a.m. from the crew […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard oversaw the refloating of a barge and tugboat Sunday near Absecon Inlet. The 77-foot Miss Katie experienced a loss of power Saturday and ran aground north of the Absecon Inlet, and the 135-foot barge drifted and ran aground on the south side of the north jetty. Personnel from Coast Guard Station Atlantic City arrived […]
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued three people Sunday after the boat they were on began taking on water 39 miles southeast of Oregon Inlet. Sector North Carolina watchstanders received notification Sunday at about 12:20 p.m. that a 24-foot boat with three people aboard was taking on water. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew […]
PHILADELPHIA — Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay is investigating two ships Saturday, which ran aground in the Atlantic Ocean near the Absecon Inlet. Personnel from Coast Guard Station Atlantic City arrived on scene, but due to weather conditions, salvage operations for the tug and barge have been suspended until Sunday. The 77-foot Miss Katie experienced a loss of power and […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a crew member Monday from a tanker approximately 250 miles east of Bermuda. Coast Guard watchstanders at the 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received notification Sunday at about 3:15 p.m. from the Bermuda Rescue Coordination Center (RCC), that a 38-year-old, male crew member was experiencing abdominal pain […]
BALTIMORE — The captain of the port for the Port of Baltimore set ice condition three Friday and cautions mariners to be aware of ice formation within the Coast Guard Sector Baltimore COTP zone. Ice condition three is set when weather conditions are favorable for the formation of ice in navigable waters. Within the Sector […]
February 11, 2016 New 16 in 16 Program in Effect through 2016 Now through the end of 2016, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is offering a half-price incentive to 16-year-old anglers purchasing a fishing license for the first time. In Maryland, anglers under the age of 16 are not required to possess licenses.“Young anglers […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard placed transit restrictions on the Thimble Shoals Channel Thursday between buoys 1 and 2, and Anchorage C west of Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel after a buoy sank in the channel. Only vessels with a 20-foot draft or less are allowed to transit through the channel. At 4:30 p.m., Fifth District Coast […]
(H.R. 1987) to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. SEC. 302. SURVIVAL CRAFT. Mr. Shuster, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, submitted the following R […]
BALTIMORE — Coast Guard Sector Baltimore lifted the temporary safety zone restrictions Sunday for the navigable waters within the Baltimore captain of the port zone following winter storm Jonas. The navigable waters of the Baltimore COTP zone are open for all vessel traffic. The safety zone was put in place Saturday to protect personnel, […]
