U.S. COAST GUARD PLACES RESCUE 21 SYSTEM INTO SERVICE NEW COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BRINGS 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY TO SEARCH AND RESCUE, BOOSTS COAST GUARD’S MARITIME HOMELAND SECURITY CAPABILITIES WASHINGTON – The United States Coast Guard announces a significant milestone in its critical life saving and homeland security missions by officially accepting Rescue 21 at a ceremony […]
Coast Guard Temporarily Relieves Captain Reports indicate that the captain oof the new Coast Guard icebreaker was temporarily relieved of command after an accident that dented the $90 million ship. As the Mackinaw floated into the Grand Haven Channel on Monday, the 240-foot ship slowly turned and rammed the breakwall on Lake Michigan. The accident […]
MALCHACE U.S. MERCHANT VESSEL Builder: Merrill-Stevens Shipbuilding – Launched in 1920 as Chickamauga renamed Malchace Port of Origin: Jacksonville, Fla. Propulsion: Single screw – Oil fired steam turbine – 11 kts. cruising Type: Steam Freighter Tonnage: 3516 tons Length: 333 feet Width: 48 feet Armament: Unarmed merchant freighter Owner History: Marine Transport Lines Incorporated, New […]
PAPOOSE U.S. Merchant Vessel Builder: Launched in 1921 as the Dutch vessel Silvanus Port of Origin: Refitted in 1927 by the Southwestern Shipbuilding Co., San Pedro, California Propulsion: Single screw – Steam driven – 10 kts. cruising Type: Steam Fuel/Oil Tanker Tonnage: 5,939 tons Length: 412 feet Width: 53 feet Armament: Unarmed fuel transport Owner […]
FISHING VESSEL GROUNDS IN PONTE VEDRA BEACH JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The fishing vessel Captain A.B. after it grounded in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., at approximately 5:30 a.m. today. The fishing vessel had three people aboard when it ran hard aground at the 1400 block of Ponte Vedra Blvd., which is just north of Guana River […]
Prescribed Burns to be Conducted on Alligator River and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges in North CarolinaAlligator River and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges are preparing to begin winter prescribed burning season in an effort to reduce the build up of fuels and improve wildlife habitat on both refuges in Manteo, North Carolina . If […]
Senate Commerce Committee to Mark Up Magnuson-Stevens Bill The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Chair Ted Stevens, R-AK) on December 15th, will mark up a six year reauthorization of the fundamental federal fishery management law that bears the name of Sen. Stevens (S 2012). The mark-up will likely be webcast beginning at 10 am […]
North Carolina Summer Flounder Commercial Quota Transferred to Virginia The State of North Carolina has agreed to transfer 4,975 lb of its 2005 commercial quota to the State of Virginia to cover a landing of a North Carolina vessel that was disabled at sea and subsequently granted safe harbor in Virginia. The revised summer flounder […]
Seafood & Health Conference Wraps Up; Overwhelming Scientific Evidence Shows Why Americans Should Eat Two Servings of Fish and Shellfish Every Week Many of the world’s leading scientists, academics and dietitians met in Washington, DC, this week to discuss the relationship between seafood and health. Sponsors of the conference included NOAA and the governments of […]
COAST GUARD CONDUCTS TWO RESCUES FROM ONE CRUISE SHIP PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two passengers aboard a cruise ship were hoisted today during two separate evolutions off the coast of North Carolina. At 8 this morning, the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn notified the Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center Norfolk, located in Portsmouth, of a 60 year-old-female […]
