A Unified Command has been set up in response to the fatal collision between a fishing vessel and tanker near Galveston on Tuesday. A search consisting of aerial flights, shore patrols and maritime searches continues for two missing fishermen from the 81-foot fishing vessel Pappy's Pride. Vessel Traffic Service Houston-Galveston watchstanders were … [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...]
Bourbon Rhode Sinks in Atlantic Ocean; Three Rescued – Update
Latest on the Bourbon Rhode Update (Sunday): Search crews located an overturned fast rescue craft believed to be from the Bourbon Rhode late Saturday, Bourbon has confirmed. The craft was first located by an NWS National Hurricane Center aircraft and again confirmed by Falcon 50 belonging to the French Navy. A commercial vessel participating in the … [Read more...]
Four Missing as Car Carrier Capsizes at Port of Brunswick, Georgia
Update (Monday, Sept. 9, 2019): Contact Made with Missing Crew Members -Breaking (Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019): The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple agencies are responding after car carrier became disabled and capsized with a fire on board Sunday morning in St. Simons Sound, Brunswick, Georgia. A search is underway for four missing people. The U.S. Coast Guard said it was … [Read more...]
Mariner Dies After Dredge Workboat Capsizes Near Charleston, South Carolina
The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agency crews were searching for a missing mariner after a dredge workboat capsized near Charleston Harbor, South Carolina on Thursday night. Coast Guard Sector Charleston Command Center watchstanders were notified at 9:51 p.m, Thursday, the Dredge Brunswick was towing a workboat with two mariners that capsized. One of the mariners was … [Read more...]