Coast Guard

By Rich McKay and Brad Brooks Feb 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska found the wreckage of a small plane atop frozen sea

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, Jan 25 – Kristi Noem was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as President Donald Trump‘s Homeland Security secretary on

The U.S. Coast Guard’s newest acquisition, the icebreaker Aiviq, is being readied to supplement the service’s two aging polar-capable vessels. During its

The Biden administration plans to impose more sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine, taking aim at its oil revenues with action against tankers carrying

In a major step for the U.S. Coast Guard’s efforts to construct its first heavy icebreaker in 50 years, the production decision by the Department of Homeland

The Philippines said a Chinese Navy chopper harassed Filipino fishing boats at a disputed South China Sea reef, showing lingering tensions in the key

The U.S. Coast Guard has closed on the $125m fixed-price deal to acquire and convert icebreaking supply ship Aiviq from Offshore Surface Vessels LLC, part of

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Commercial Polar icebreaker Aiviq will join the U.S Coast Guard inventory before the end of the calendar year, officials

by John Konrad (gCaptain) United States Coast Guard operations have never been more crucial. Ninety percent of global trade moves by sea, and more than twenty

ATHENS, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A 39-year-old migrant was found dead on Friday after the Greek coastguard opened fire on a vessel carrying migrants off the

By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – Nine Egyptian men who were on board a migrant boat that sank off Greece last year, killing hundreds of people, are

By Daniel Leussink (Reuters) – All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision

by John Konrad (gCaptain) A source close to the investigation has informed gCaptain that Edgar Sison will relinquish his engineering officer license following

ATHENS, July 22 (Reuters) – A wildfire which has been raging on the Greek island of Rhodes for five days forced hundreds of people to flee

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) On June 13, a grim and preventable disaster unfolded in the Mediterranean Sea. A fishing trawler known as the Adriana,

By Andreo Calonzo (Bloomberg) Chinese and Philippine ships came close to collision in the South China Sea on Sunday, in yet another sign of continued tensions

By Asli Kandemir (Bloomberg) Turkey said the Greek Coast Guard fired on a ship in international waters in the northern Aegean Sea, marking another

by Andrea Shalal (Reuters) A private dive team will try to locate the source of a suspected oil spill spotted in the Marchand area of the Gulf of Mexico

Authorities in the UK are monitoring four gigantic plastic pipes that have washed ashore after breaking free while under tow off the east coast of England. The

A tugboat crew from Resolve Marine together with the U.S. Coast Guard helped rescue an adrift 400-foot cargo vessel with 12 people aboard during a multiple day