COAST GUARD ASSISTS IN RESCUE OF FOUR PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard assisted a Fort Eustis security crew in the rescue of four people today who were stranded overnight after their engine broke down Sunday. The boaters left Tyler’s Beach Marina on the James River at about 4 p.m. Sunday. They lost power and […]
FISHERMAN’S REMAINS RECOVERED FROM BEACH PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard crew from Station Fort Macon assisted with the recovery of a deceased fisherman today on the beach at Shackleford Banks, N.C. A passer-by called the Coast Guard command center at Group Fort Macon at about 11:15 a.m. to report a possible body and an […]
Coast Guard Commandant: Willingness to Change Key to Success Head of Homeland Security Agency Compares Current Challenges to Coast Guard in 1915 WASHINGTON – Adm. Thomas H. Collins, commandant of the Coast Guard, gave the annual State of the Coast Guard address at Bolling Air Force Base today. His speech, titled “Making History,” is presented […]
Allision of Staten Island Ferry Andrew J. Barberi St. George, Staten Island, New York October 15, 2003 NTSB Number MAR-05/01 NTIS Number PB2005-916401 PDF Document (2.4M) Executive Summary About 1520 on October 15, 2003, the Staten Island Ferry Andrew J. Barberi, owned and operated by the New York City Department of Transportation, was near the […]
DESIGN A BETTER LIFE JACKET, WIN $5,000 PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Current models of life jackets save lives everyday. Yet, a 2004 BoatU.S Foundation study found that many boaters often don’t wear them because they’re considered “uncomfortable.” So what would a life jacket look and feel like if there were no government guidelines? To encourage innovative […]
Coast Guard To Hold Area Oil Spill Committee Open Public Meeting PORTSMOUTH, Va. – U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Hampton Roads will be holding an open public meeting to address issues relating to environmental safety and oil spill response in Virginia and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. This meeting will focus on the recent work […]
NTSB SENDS INVESTIGATOR TO JOIN BAHAMIAN GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION OF CRUISE SHIP ACCIDENTThe National Transportation Safety Board has sent marine investigator Captain Morgan Turrell to join the investigation by the Bahamas Maritime Authority into the accident on April 16, 2005 involving the passenger vessel Norwegian Dawn.The Bahamian-flagged vessel, operated by NCL, was damaged after encountering a […]
Coast Guard To Hold Area Oil Spill Committee Open Public Meeting PORTSMOUTH, Va. – U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Hampton Roads will be holding an open public meeting to address issues relating to environmental safety and oil spill response in Virginia and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. This meeting will focus on the recent work […]
NOAA AWARDS $275,000 TO TROUT UNLIMITED The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a $275,000 grant to Trout Unlimited as part of a multi-project cooperative partnership to restore coastal and river fisheries habitat throughout the coastal United States. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant supports a three-year partnership between […]
NOAA CHIEF LEADS 100 VOLUNTEERS IN RESTORING TIDAL WETLANDS OF FORT MCHENRY ON SATURDAY The director of the nation’s top science agency for oceans and the atmosphere, Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., will lead 100 volunteers from the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the annual tidal wetland restoration at historic Fort McHenry in […]
