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...]
U.S. Coast Guard Praises Rescued Fishermen: “They did everything correctly”
The U.S. Coast Guard is praising three men for their emergency preparedness after their 32-foot fishing boat sank approximately 90 miles west of Naples, Florida. The three men were subsequently rescued from their life raft. Rescued were Madeira Beach natives, Terry Britton, 58, and Patrick Leoni, 43, and St. Petersburg native Kyle Haskins, 29. Watchstanders at Coast Guard … [Read more...]
Search Suspended for Missing Towboat Captain on Lower Mississippi
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for the captain of a towing vessel capsized on the lower Mississippi River near Point A La Hache, Louisiana on Monday night. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a notification at 8:12 p.m. reporting that the 54-foot inspected towing vessel Seattle Slew had capsized at mile marker 55 near Myrtle Grove … [Read more...]