Coast Guard rescues injured sailor from tankerOctober 12th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Coast Guard personnel Monday evacuated a seriously injured sailor from an oil tanker on the high seas. According to a defence release here, John Ian Pujanes, 34, a crew member of oil tanker MV Spotless, on way to Fujiera in the United Arab Emirates, was critically injured while working in the ship's slope tank.
Venezuela: Collaboration with US Coast Guard led to drug bust in Caribbean SeaAugust 21st, 2009 Venezuela helps US seize cocaine-laden shipCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela says its collaboration with U.S. authorities led to the seizure of about a ton of cocaine aboard a ship in the Caribbean Sea.
Coast Guard: Pilot of helicopter in Maine emergency water landing was millionaire British lordAugust 4th, 2009 British lord, 3 others escape Maine 'copter scareDEER ISLE, Maine — The U.S. Coast Guard says the pilot of a helicopter that made an emergency water landing near a tiny island off Maine's coast is a member of Britain's House of Lords.
Chinese ship adrift off Mangalore coast, crew rescuedJuly 18th, 2009 BANGALORE - A Chinese ship carrying 13,000 tonnes of iron ore is adrift in choppy waters of the Arabian sea off the Mangalore coast and the Indian Coast Guard planes are not able to locate it due to inclement weather, an official said Saturday. "Our Dorniers have not sighted the ship and search is on despite the bad weather," Assistant Commandant D.K.
Coast Guard: 80 passengers taken off grounded Wash. whale watch boat; no injuries reportedJuly 16th, 2009 80 passengers taken off grounded whale watch boatFRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — The Coast Guard says a 65-foot whale-watching vessel carrying 80 passengers ran aground Wednesday evening north of Lopez Island in northwest Washington's San Juan islands.
Citing deaths of 6 scallopers, boaters urged to check emergency beaconsJuly 16th, 2009 Coast Guard urges boaters to check beacon numbersATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Citing delays in identifying a scallop boat as it sank in the Atlantic Ocean in March, the federal government is contacting nearly a quarter of a million boaters, urging them to make sure their emergency position locators are correctly registered in a rescue database.
Pleasure boat runs aground near Statue of Liberty; all 8 aboard rescued, no injuries reportedJuly 13th, 2009 Boat runs aground off Liberty Island; 8 rescuedNEW YORK — A boat has run aground and taken on water near the Statue of Liberty. All eight people aboard have been rescued.
Saudi ship caught in storm, feared sunk off Gujarat coastJune 25th, 2009 OKHA - A Saudi merchant ship named Al-Jawaz-e-Karam was reported missing and feared sunk about 12 nautical miles off the Okha port in the deep waters of the Arabian sea in western Gujarat Thursday morning. "The upper layer disturbance over the Arabian sea had led to cyclonic conditions off the Okha coast (since Wednesday), in which two merchant ships, both bearing a Saudi flag - Al-Hussani and Al-Jawaaz-e-Karam - were caught in the mid-sea in the early hours (Thursday)," a senior coast guard official told IANS.
Coast Guard review says response to deadly sinking of fishing boat off Mass. coast was slowJune 12th, 2009 Coast Guard: Response to Mass. sinking was slowGLOUCESTER, Mass.
Divers find body of crew member from fishing boat that sunk off NJ coast in March, killing 6May 14th, 2009 Crewman's body recovered from sunken boat off NJCAPE MAY, N.J. — The Coast Guard says commercial divers have recovered the body of a crew member killed when a fishing boat sank off southern New Jersey in March.
Coast Guard says about 28 people thrown in water when boat capsizes off Fort LauderdaleMay 13th, 2009 Officials: Fla. boat flips, about 28 people thrownMIAMI — A boat filled with migrants from Haiti and the Bahamas capsized off the coast of Florida on Wednesday, dumping as many as 28 people in the water.
Coast Guard: 28 migrants from Haiti, Bahamas thrown in water when boat capsizes off Fla. coastMay 13th, 2009 Officials: Fla. boat flips, 28 migrants thrownMIAMI — Coast Guard officials in Florida say they are responding to a report that a boat capsized and threw about 28 migrants into the water off the Fort Lauderdale coast.
21 migrants pulled from water off Fla. coast more than 10 hours after boat flipsMay 13th, 2009 Fla. boat flips, dumping migrants in oceanMIAMI — A boat filled with migrants from Haiti and the Bahamas capsized off the coast of Florida on Wednesday, dumping as many as 28 people in the ocean. Twenty-one people were pulled from the water off Fort Lauderdale, seven of them unresponsive, the Coast Guard said.
9 dead after boat carrying Haitian migrants sinks off Florida coast, smuggling suspectedMay 13th, 2009 9 dead after boat carrying migrants sinks off Fla.MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — At least nine people are dead after a boat carrying Haitian migrants sank off the Florida coast, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.
Cruise passenger missing off Bahamas after falling overboard; Coast Guard suspends searchApril 19th, 2009 Man missing after falling overboard in BahamasMIAMI — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 39-year-old man who went overboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship off the Bahamas. The incident happened early Saturday morning, about 60 miles north of Nassau.
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