The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued seven people after their vessel was struck by lightning off Florida. The incident took place about 100 miles offshore of Clearwater, Pinellas County. A four-person aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater traveled in an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to rescue the two men and five women, and brought them to the…
Biden Pledges to Combat Illegal Fisheries, China Prominent Violator
President Joe Biden signed a National Security Memorandum on June 27 “focused on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and associated labor abuses.” To combat illegal fisheries and harmful fishing practices globally, the United States will increase coordination with both domestic agencies and foreign countries. An Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Action Alliance among the…
Biden Pledges to Combat Illegal Fisheries, China Cited as a Prominent Violator
President Joe Biden signed a National Security Memorandum on June 27 “focused on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and associated labor abuses.” To combat illegal fisheries and harmful fishing practices globally, the United States will increase coordination with both domestic agencies and foreign countries. An Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Action Alliance among the…
2 Dead, 10 Rescued After Boat Collision in Florida: Coast Guard
Two people have died and ten people were rescued after a two boats collided on Friday, off the Florida town of Key Biscayne. The incident was alerted to the Coast Guard Sector Miami watchstanders by a person involved in the boat collision around 10:30 p.m. At the time, the person reported that there were 12…
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Swimmer Off Corona del Mar
May 30, 2022
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CORONA DEL MAR, Calif.—The U.S. Coast Guard suspended on the evening of May 29 the search in the ocean off Corona del Mar for a 48-year-old swimmer who did not return when he was expected. Coast Guard “assets searched for 27 hours, conducting 12 search patterns spanning 152 square miles,” the agency tweeted about 9…
Italian Tugboat Sinks in the Adriatic Sea, 5 Crew Missing
MILAN—An Italian tugboat with six people aboard capsized and sank in the Adriatic Sea, leaving five crew members missing, Italian authorities said Thursday. The Coast Guard and other authorities were searching for four Italians and one Tunisian sailor. Authorities said the search was complicated by high winds. Just the captain survived, rescued from the sea…
US Coast Guard Searches for Man Who Jumped From Cruise Ship
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who jumped overboard from a cruise ship early Saturday as it approached Florida. The man jumped from the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Mardi Gras just after midnight about 55 miles east of Port Canaveral, according to the Coast Guard and Carnival. The Coast Guard responded…
Unloading Cargo Next Step for Still Stuck Chesapeake Bay Ship
April 7, 2022
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Dredging has not budged the stuck cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay so now there is a new plan to make it lighter and hopefully more buoyant by removing at least some of the 4,964 containers loaded on its deck. The Ever Forward has been stuck in the muck since March 13. It ran aground…
Cargo Ship Stuck in 24 Feet of Water in Chesapeake Bay
March 15, 2022
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A fully loaded cargo ship is still stuck in the Chesapeake Bay. “On Sunday March 13, at approximately 9 p.m., we received a call from the vessel, the Ever Forward, stating that they had run aground,” Coast Guard Public Affairs Specialist Petty Officer 3rd Class Breanna Centeno, told The Epoch Times. “We do not know…
Coast Guard Intercepts 191 Haitians Aboard Sailing Vessel Off Bahamas
MIAMI—The Coast Guard has intercepted 191 Haitian migrants aboard an overloaded sailing vessel off the Bahamas that was believed to be headed for Florida, officials said on Wednesday, a day after the encounter. The Haitians were taken aboard two Coast Guard vessels on Tuesday to be given food, water, and basic medical attention, and will…
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