NTSB CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTSNational Transportation Safety Board Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners today announced several key appointment to the agency’s management team, including a new Executive Director and Managing Director.Dan Campbell, who has served as the agency’s Managing Director for 5 years, has been named Executive Director, where he will concentrate on planning, policy and […]
SAFETY BOARD DETERMINES CAUSE OF STATEN ISLAND FERRY ACCIDENTWashington, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of a fatal accident involving a Staten Island ferry was the assistant captain’s unexplained incapacitation and the failure of the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) to implement and oversee safe, […]
McIntyre Announces $370,000 for Carolina Beach Inlet Dredging Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre announced today that he has secured $370,000 in emergency funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Carolina Beach Inlet. Congressman McIntyre stated, “This is a great victory for our area! It is fantastic news for Carolina Beach […]
Jones Secures Additional Funding To Dredge Bogue Inlet and New River Inlet Money will allow both inlets to be dredged twice in Fiscal Year 2005 Washington, D.C.- Third District Representative Walter B. Jones announced today that help is on the way for Eastern North Carolina’s coastal inlets. Jones has been working diligently with the Army […]
Carolina Beach Inlet Receives $370,000 in Emergency Funds! Mayor Dennis Barbour just called me and announced that Mike McIntyre had announced that Carolina Beach Inlet was to receive 370,000 dollars in Emergency Funding for the 2005 season. What does this mean? This means that we get 2 dredgings during the 2005 season. That should be enough for […]
RESCUE CREW RECEIVES AIR CREW OF THE YEAR AWARD NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Air Station New Orleans received the Naval Helicopter Association, region five, Air Crew of the Year Award for 2004. Lt. Craig O’Brien, Lt. j.g.Aaron Green, Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Colbath, and Petty Officer 3rd Class […]
COAST GUARD CREW MEDEVACS INJURED FISHERMAN BOSTON – A boat crew from Station Chatham medevaced a 43-year-old fisherman with an injured hand from the fishing vessel Linda one mile east of Chatham, Mass., at 1:15 a.m. today. The master of the 92-foot Boston-based fishing vessel radioed the Coast Guard at 6:45 p.m. Friday reporting Daniel […]
COAST GUARD COMPLETES MISSIONGULF COAST OPERATION A SUCCESS NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard concluded a two-week operation in the Gulf of Mexico today dedicated to three specific missions: protecting living marine resources, enforcing laws and treaties, and promoting safety for life at sea. Operation Amberjack, involving Coast Guard personnel from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and […]
COAST GUARD LAUNCHES AMERICA’S WATERWAY WATCH TO ENCOURAGE REPORTING OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard officially launched America’s Waterway Watch today to encourage members of the maritime and recreational boating industries and the boating public to report suspicious activities in our nation’s ports and waterways. “This is a program similar to neighborhood […]
NOAA AWARDS $1.4 MILLION TO SOUTH CAROLINA SEA GRANT The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today awarded $1.4 million today to the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium to further its mission of coastal environmental stewardship, education, and community involvement. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. “This money will ensure that South […]
