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39 Cuban Migrants Repatriated

Apr 17, 2016

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo repatriated 39 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Saturday.On Monday, the Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo crew located a rustic vessel northwest of Havana, Cuba, with 39 suspected Cuban migrants aboard and safely embarked all of the migrants…

Search On for USS Carter Hall's Missing Sailor

Apr 12, 2016

A Sailor aboard the dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) was reported missing April 9 as the ship was conducting routine training operations in support of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Composite Training Unit Exercise off the coast of Cape Hatteras…

10 Rescued Southwest of Freeport, Bahamas

Apr 10, 2016

Ten people were rescued from a 30-foot vessel that was taking on water southwest of Freeport, Bahamas, Saturday.Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders received a request for assistance from the Royal Bahamas Defense Force around 7:30 a.m…

US Judge Approves BP Civil Settlement with US Government over 2010 Spill

Apr 04, 2016

U.S. Judge Carl Barbier granted final approval on Monday to BP Plc's civil settlement over its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill after it reached a deal in July 2015 to pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states…

ABB To Help Save Venice From the Sea

Apr 04, 2016

ABB to deliver advanced integrated automation and electrical solution for largest Italian public work project of the last century.ABB will supply the complete integrated electrical and automation system for Mo.S.E. (the Italian acronym for experimental electro mechanic module)…

Swedish Club: Consistent Underwriting in Challenging Year

Mar 31, 2016

The Swedish Club reported to its board today that it has achieved a consistent 2015 underwriting performance with financial stability and cost-efficient quality services for its members. It delivered a balanced underwriting result, despite higher claims activity and increased volatility…

Flag of Convenience Hearings Raise ‘Shocking Concerns’

Mar 31, 2016

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) maritime coordinator Jacqueline Smith today described the Australian senate hearings into flag of convenience (FOC) shipping taking place in Canberra as raising “shocking concerns”. According to the ITF…

Wahlberg Headlines Film on Deepwater Horizon Tragedy

Mar 30, 2016

Nearly six years after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Hollywood takes its shot at recounting the tragedy with a film due this fall aiming to tell the story on the fatal blowout and its aftermath. The oil spill, one of the largest environmental disasters in global history…

USCG Respond to Oil spill near Bayou Teche

Mar 30, 2016

Coast Guard, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, the Environmental Protection Agency and PSC Industrial Outsourcing continue to respond to an oil spill near Bayou Teche, Tuesday. An estimated 12,558 gallons of crude oil escaped containment during a transfer at PSC Industrial Outsourcing…

NYK Vessel Rescues 14 off Chile Coast

Mar 29, 2016

On March 17, Hokuetsu Ushaka, a wood-chip carrier operated by NYK Line, rescued 14 people in distress off the Coast of Chile.While the NYK vessel was sailing from Japan to Chile in the South Pacific Ocean on March 16, the ship received an alert from a troubled raft…

ICS Deliberate on “Legal Issues relating to Shipping & Ports”

Mar 28, 2016

ICS, East India Branch conducted conference on Legal matters pertaining to Maritime Sector prior to joining hands with M/s Hinode Events a Knowledge Partner to serialise this an Annual Conference on Legal Maritime Legal matters. The Branch takes…

Sick Man Medevaced from Block Island, RI

Mar 28, 2016

A Coast Guard crew from Station Point Judith and Narragansett Fire and Rescue emergency medical technicians medevaced a 35-year-old man suffering from possible internal bleeding Friday night from Block Island, Rhode Island.At approximately 6:30 p…

Search on for Kayak Owner near Makapu'u Beach, Oahu

Mar 27, 2016

The Coast Guard is searching for the owner of an unmanned kayak found on the rocks near Makapu'u Beach, Oahu, Saturday. Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the kayak is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center at 808-842-2600808-842-2600 FREE FREE…

Ship Splits in Two Causes Massive Oil Slick in Taiwan

Mar 26, 2016

Authorities in Taiwan are trying to contain an oil spill from a grounded container ship which has split in two off the shore of New Taipei City. The 15,487-ton T.S. Taipei, owned by TS Lines, ran aground in a storm about 300 metres from…

USCG Oversees Tug Specialist hoist near Tappan Zee Bridge

Mar 25, 2016

The Coast Guard monitored the hoist of the tugboat Specialist near the Tappan Zee Bridge today.The Specialist was part of a three-tug group that was pushing a crane barge south on the Hudson River. The 84-foot long vessel struck a stationary…

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