NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and several good Samaritan vessels are actively searching for a person in the water near the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge, near mile marker 119, on the Lower Mississippi River, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders were notified of a capsized 24-foot workboat with four people on board, by […]
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard has closed a portion of the Upper Mississippi River to all vessel traffic from mile markers 184 to 179, due to hazardous condition on the river near St. Louis. Capt. Martin Malloy, Upper Mississippi River Captain of the Port, closed the portion of the river near MacArthur Bridge due […]
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard suspended the search for a 22-year-old man who went missing after his kayak overturned in Dickinson Bay, Saturday afternoon. Coast Guard air and boat crews searched the Houston Ship Channel and waterways around Texas City until 12:30 p.m. Sunday, exhausting search efforts in the area. HOUSTON — The Coast Guard […]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard aircrew rescued two adults and one minor from an oil platform in Mesquite Bay Saturday evening. At approximately 10 p.m., Coast Guard Station Port Aransas watchstanders received a call from a man stating he and two others swam to a platform after their boat capsized around 6 p.m. […]
HOUSTON — Coast Guard and Texas City fire and police departments are searching for a man north of the Texas City Dike Saturday. Missing is 22-year-old Marlon Zepeta. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and Adidas pants. At approximately 3:30 p.m., the crew of the tugboat Anita J contacted the Coast Guard and […]
A 50-foot recreational boat sits beached near Padre Island Canals in Corpus Christi, Texas, Dec. 14, 2015. U.S. Coast Guard photo. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi and Texas General Land Office are continuing to respond Monday to oil pollution from a beached 50-foot recreational boat near the Padre Island Canals in […]
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard, Galveston County Sherrif’s Dept. and Crystal Beach Fire Dept. are searching for a man near mile marker 338 in the Intracoastal Waterway, near Crystal Beach, Texas. Missing is Terry Millender of Crystal Beach. The Coast Guard recieved a report from Galveston County Sherrifs Dept. that a 19-foot skiff had been […]
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard and other agencies are responding to a fire aboard a liquid gas carrier that occurred around 9:45 a.m. Monday, which caused the closure of about 2 miles of the upper ship channel from Houston Ship Channel light 164 to light 151 (near Greensport Dock West). The fire is out, all […]
Photos of damage to the barge CBC 7026 and barge TTI-150 after they collided near mile marker 341 in the Intracoastal Waterway, Dec. 23, 2013. U.S. Coast Guard photo. HOUSTON — The Coast Guard responded to a collision between two barges early Monday morning in the vicinity of Siever’s Cove on Bolivar Peninsula, in the […]
MIAMI — The Coast Guard is reminding boaters to practice safe boating and exercise caution during New Year’s Eve celebrations, and throughout the upcoming weekend. Coast Guard crews throughout the Seventh Coast Guard District will be on duty New Year’s Eve to ensure everyone venturing out on the water has a safe holiday. Anyone planning […]
