A Coast Guard Station Ft. Lauderdale boat crew escorts the cruise ship Zaandam to Port Everglades April 2, 2020. U.S. Coast Guard Photo As cruise ships drawdown the number of passengers remaining on board, concern is growing for the tens of thousands of crew members, mostly foreign nationals, who remain stuck on board these ships in or near U.S. territorial waters. The … [Read more...]
Watch: Heavy Seas Medevac in Bering Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXkcHkdJnsQ The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a man suffering from severe burns on board a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea on Monday. The rescue took place approximately 46 miles southwest of Saint Paul in the Aleutian Islands. The Coast Guard reported that watchstanders in the 17th District command center received a medevac request at … [Read more...]
Search Suspended for Three Missing Mariners After Mississippi River Towing Vessel Collision
The search for three missing people from the towing vessel RC Creppel was suspended late Monday night after 67 cumulative hours of active search on the Mississippi River near Luling, Louisiana. The three mariners went missing after their towing vessel collided with another towing vessel, the Cooperative Spirit, early Sunday morning at mile marker 123. The … [Read more...]
Search Suspended for Missing Fishermen Near Galveston
The search for two missing fishermen near Galveston was suspended Thursday after covering more than 49 square miles over three days, the Unified Command said. The Unified Command was set up in response to the fatal collision between the 81-foot fishing vessel Pappy's Pride and tanker near Galveston on Tuesday. A search consisting of aerial flights, shore … [Read more...]
Five Believed Dead as Fishing Vessel Sinks in Bering Sea
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Five commercial fishermen were believed to have died after their crabbing vessel sank on New Year's Eve in the Gulf of Alaska, the U.S. Coast Guard said after ending a search and rescue operation amid high winds and heavy seas. There were two survivors: crewmen who took refuge in a lifeboat and were rescued by a Coast … [Read more...]