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CBP P-3 Crews Disrupt Drug Smuggling

Jan 26, 2015

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine agents and interagency partners disrupted two separate drug smuggling attempts off the coast of Costa Rica resulting in the interdiction of more than $74 million in illegal drugs…

S.Korean Ferry C/E Overcome by Fear, Panic

Jan 20, 2015

The chief engineer of the doomed Sewol ferry who was jailed for 30 years for leaving behind two injured crewmates believed they were dead and had acted in 'a state of extreme fear and panic,' his lawyer told a South Korean appeals court on Tuesday…

USCG Warns of Adverse Weather in Bay Area

Jan 20, 2015

The Coast Guard advises exercising caution on and around the San Francisco Bay coastline and waterfronts, as excessively high tides are expected through mid-week.The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood statement for a series of King Tides…

USCG Respond to Sunken Vessel in Honolulu Harbor

Jan 13, 2015

The Coast Guard and Department of Transportation Harbors are responding to a diesel fuel spill from an abandoned fishing vessel that sank in Honolulu Harbor, Monday.The Coast Guard received notification at 6:30 p.m. Sunday from a reporting…

USCG Rescue Woman Near Tongass Narrows, Alaska

Jan 12, 2015

The Coast Guard assisted a 26-year-old woman from Metlakatla, Alaska, who was reported to have fallen out of her canoe and swam to shore near Tongass Narrows, Sunday.A Station Ketchikan 25-foot Response Boat – Small crew picked up the survivor and transferred to her family in Annette Bay…

Increasing Maritime Piracy in Southeast Asia

Jan 12, 2015

Does piracy off the coast of South-East Asia pose a threat? The answer is yes. Shipping lanes in Southeast Asia, one of the world’s busiest trade routes, have been hit by a “worrying new rise” in piracy. How is maritime piracy threatening South-East Asia and to what extent…

Canadian Seafarers Union Weighs in on CETA

Jan 09, 2015

SIU: Canada's coastline could become the easiest point-of-entry for terrorists if CETA becomes a reality. Their statement on the matter is shown below:The Seafarers International Union of Canada is today raising the alarm to inform Canadians…

Search for Missing Hunter Near South Pass

Jan 09, 2015

The Coast Guard, state and local agencies responded to a report of a missing duck hunter in the vicinity of South Pass on the lower Mississippi River, Thursday.Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report of the missing…

Seychelles Anti-Piracy Exercise

Jan 08, 2015

On Thursday 8 January, a counter-piracy exercise was carried out jointly by the Seychelles Coast Guard, Air Force and Police together with the EU Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta-, and the EU’s civilian maritime security capacity building Mission…

Great Lakes Freeze Cost Economy $705m, 3,800 Jobs

Jan 06, 2015

The seemingly glacial ice that brought shipping on the Great Lakes to a virtual standstill last winter cost the economy more than $700 million and nearly 4,000 jobs, the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA) reported, promting the group to to call…

U.S. Coast Guardsman Guilty of Assault

Jan 06, 2015

Coast Guard Petty Officer convicted, sentenced in assault case.A Coast Guardsman was sentenced by military judge to five months confinement and a bad conduct discharge for assault in a special court martial at the Coast Guard 9th District in Cleveland…

EU Speaks out on Migrant Smuggling

Jan 06, 2015

EC Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos weighs in on the smuggling of migrants in cargo ships:With regard to the recent events of the smuggling of migrants in the Ezadeen and Blue Sky M cargo ships to Italy, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration…

Temporary Waterside Security Zone at Boston

Jan 06, 2015

The Captain of the Port (COTP) Boston is establishing a temporary waterside security zone at the John Joseph Moakley Court House, Boston MA for the court proceedings of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.The security…

USCG Search for Boater Off Big Island

Jan 05, 2015

The Coast Guard is supporting the Hawaii County Fire Department in the search for a missing passenger from a grounded sailboat near Kaupuleu, Hawai'i, Sunday.Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu received notification at 6:36 a…

Search Suspended for Missing Crew of Cemfjord

Jan 05, 2015

The search for eight crew missing from the cement carrier, ‘Cemfjord’ which capsized and sank in the Pentland Firth has been suspended this evening, with no sign found of the missing crew.The lifeboats completed their search areas earlier this afternoon and returned to shore…

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