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COAST GUARD RE-OPENS MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR CARUTHERSVILLE
COAST GUARD RE-OPENS MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR CARUTHERSVILLE MEMPHIS — The captain of the port at Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Memphis re-opened the Mississippi River to restricted traffic today near Caruthersville, Mo., after locating three sunken barges in the river. The captain reopened the river shortly after 5 p.m. today, to downbound traffic only, […]
COAST GUARD HIGHLIGHTS FISHING VESSEL SAFETY IN TEXAS, LOUISIANA
COAST GUARD HIGHLIGHTS FISHING VESSEL SAFETY IN TEXAS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard fishing vessel safety examiners are scheduled to conduct free voluntary dockside examinations of commercial fishing vessels Tuesday – Thursday in several ports in Texas and Louisiana. Examiners plan to be in Cameron, La., from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, and in the Port Arthur, […]
NOAA COMMISSIONS COASTAL RESEARCH SHIP NANCY FOSTER
NOAA COMMISSIONS COASTAL RESEARCH SHIP NANCY FOSTER May 10, 2004  NOAA welcomed its new vessel, the NOAA ship Nancy Foster, into its fleet ofresearch and survey ships Monday during a traditional maritime ceremony in Charleston, S.C. “Over the past two years, NOAA has made it a priority to modernize its fleet of ships, and […]
Waycross, Ga. woman dead after vessel swamped by wave
Waycross, Ga. woman dead after vessel swamped by wave JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 39-year-old Waycross, Ga. woman is dead after the vessel she, her husband and three children were on was swamped by a wave and sank about two miles south of the Golden Isle Marina in Brunswick, Ga. about 12:45 today. A Good Samaritan, […]
COAST GUARD RECOVERS MAN AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES
COAST GUARD RECOVERS MAN AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES WACHAPREAGUE, Va. – The U.S. Coast Guard recovered a man on the beach this evening after his boat capsized in the surf near Wachapreague Inlet.Coast Guard Group Eastern Shores, Va., received a call at about 4:15 p.m. from a good Samaritan that he had pick up one man […]
DEMASTED SAILBOAT LOCATED
DEMASTED SAILBOAT LOCATED PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard located a demasted sailing vessel this evening approximately 575 miles northeast of Bermuda after picking up a signal from the sailboat’s Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT). Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center Norfolk, in Portsmouth, received the ELT notification at about noon today and launched a C-130 Hercules […]
COAST GUARD AIRLIFTS MAN FROM CHARTER BOAT
COAST GUARD AIRLIFTS MAN FROM CHARTER BOAT ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – The Coast Guard rescued a man 30 miles east of Cape Lookout, N.C., earlier today. The 46-year-old man was airlifted from the charter boat Continental Shelf, homeported in Morehead City, N.C., at approximately 12:30 p.m. after he began to experience chest pains. An aircrew […]
Update of Rules on Aids to Navigation
Update of Rules on Aids to Navigation Affecting Buoys, Sound Signals, International Rules at Sea, Communications Procedures, and Large Navigational Buoys The Coast Guard is revising its aids to navigation and maritime information regulations by updating technical information concerning buoys, sound signals, international rules at sea, communications procedures, and large navigational buoys, and by rewriting […]
NOAA STRENGTHENS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
NOAA STRENGTHENS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTFOR METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE STUDIES INSTITUTE AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that an additional $2.5 million will be included in the multi-year cooperative agreement it signed with the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin (UW) in Madison. The agreement, initially […]