JOINT-AGENCY EFFORT RESCUES CHILD, 2 ADULTS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two adults and a child were plucked from a sandbar off Cedar Island, N.C., today as the tide rose past their ankles. A passerby on a johnboat called Carteret County 911 at about 12:30 p.m. to report a family stranded on a sandbar in Drum Inlet […]
Water Access Boat Ramp Meeting Water Access Boat Ramp Meeting
MAN RESCUED AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES IN PAMLICO SOUND PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued a commercial fisherman after his boat capsized in the Pamlico Sound near Clam Shoal this morning.Communications watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet, N.C., received a distress call from the man at about 8 a.m. They used direction finding equipment […]
TWO N.C. COAST GUARDSMEN CHOSEN AS ENLISTED PERSONS OF THE YEAR PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two North Carolina petty officers were selected Wednesday as the Fifth Coast Guard District’s 2006 Enlisted Persons of the Year. Aviation Survival Technician 1st Class Mario Vittone, of Air Station Elizabeth City, and Reservist Yeoman 1st Class Abigail Scrocco, of Marine […]
OPERATIONS HALT, MONTROSE REMAINS AGROUND BALTIMORE – Responders to the grounded cargo ship Montrose stopped offloading coal at about 7 p.m. Monday as weather conditions worsened in the Chesapeake Bay. “The strong winds and increased seas resulted in suspension of the cargo off-loading activities. As safety is our primary focus, we will stand down until […]
OPERATIONS UNDERWAY TO RE-FLOAT MONTROSE BALTIMORE – Operations are underway in an effort to re-float the 712-foot Liberian flagged cargo ship Montrose currently aground in the Chesapeake Bay, west of the Choptank River. Crews under the direction of the Unified Command began the process known as “lightering” Sunday afternoon at approximately 3 p.m. Since then, […]
LIGHTERING OPERATIONS BEGIN BALTIMORE – Responders with the Unified Command have launched operations to transfer coal from the cargo ship Montrose to a barge along side it at about 3 p.m. today in the Chesapeake Bay. The 712-foot cargo ship Montrose, carrying 74,215 metric tons of coal, ran aground Wednesday near Sharps Island, Md. A […]
RESPONDERS CONDUCT OPERATIONS TO RE-FLOAT CARGO SHIP MONTROSE BALTIMORE – A Unified Command is scheduled to transfer coal Sunday from the cargo ship Montrose in order to re-float the ship in Chesapeake Bay. The 712-foot cargo ship Montrose, carrying 74,215 metric tons of coal, ran soft aground Wednesday near Sharps Island, Md. The removal process, […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES MARINER WITH BROKEN LEG PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., airlifted an injured crewmember from the motor vessel Barra, 80 miles south of Cape Lookout, N.C., this afternoon. The Coast Guard was notified at approximately 3:45 p.m. today that Manuel Ruiz, a 64-year-old crewmember […]
Unified Command Attampts to Refloat Motor Vessel Montrose BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Baltimore has established a unified command to re-float the Liberian flagged motor vessel Montrose, grounded two-miles North West of Sharp’s Island, in the Chesapeake Bay. The Unified Command is comprised of the Coast Guard, the Maryland Natural […]
