Sep 16, 2022 · SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard set Port Condition YANKEE at 10 a.m. Friday for all maritime ports in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgins Islands, due to Tropical Storm Fiona’s approach to the Caribbean region. The Coast Guard strongly cautions the maritime community in both jurisdictions to take the necessary precautions and […]

Jul 30, 2023 · NEW YORK – Four boaters were rescued from a capsized sailing vessel Sunday, off the coast of Sandy Hook, NJ. At 1 a.m. Sunday, Coast Guard Sector New York command center watchstanders received a distress call from the sailing vessel Eagle. The vessel reported they had run aground and were taking on water. A Coast […]

Jun 22, 2012 · PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard conducted a change of command ceremony here welcoming a new sector commander and captain of the port, Friday. Capt. John Little relieved Capt. Mark Ogle as the commander of Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads and the Captain of the Port of Virginia. The commander is responsible for the Coast […]

Jun 23, 2023 · SAN PEDRO, Calif. — Lt. j.g. James Morrison III relieved Lt. Christina Sandstedt as commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin during a change-of-command ceremony Thursday in Santa Barbara, California. Morrison reports to the Blackfin from Coast Guard Cutter Kimball in Honolulu, where he served as …

May 21, 2009 · HOUSTON – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston has developed a regulatory compliance implementation plan for Lake Texoma’s commercial passenger vessels and operators. This plan will bring inspected vessels into compliance as soon as possible and authorize uninspected passenger vessels to operate until the end of the year after a successful voluntary uninspected passenger vessel ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Captain of the Port has set Port Condition FOUR, with no restrictions, for the maritime ports of Jacksonville and Canaveral beginning Monday, following the passing of Hurricane Ian. During Port Condition FOUR, port facilities are open to all commercial vessel traffic and cargo operations may resume, including bunkering and lightering. All […]

Apr 30, 2022 · MIAMI — Capt. Christopher Cederholm relieved Capt. Jo-Ann Burdian as the commander of Coast Guard Sector Miami, Friday, during a change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. Cederholm reported to Sector Miami from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound where he was the deputy sector commander since 2019. Burdian, the first Latina sector commander, will […]

Jun 13, 2022 · BOSTON – The town of Hull, Massachusetts was re-designated as a Coast Guard city during a Recertification Ceremony, Sunday, at the Hull Lifesaving Museum. Hull was initially designated in 2015 as the nation’s twenty first Coast Guard City. “If we were to submit the Coast Guard to one of those ‘home DNA’ tests, we’d see […]

Sep 15, 2022 · SINGAPORE – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) departed Singapore Sunday, following the crew’s second international port call during their months-long Western Pacific deployment to the region. Midgett’s crew conducted at-sea operations and subject matter expert exchanges with the Republic of Singapore Navy before the cutter arrived in Singapore. Midgett and the Republic […]

Aug 4, 2017 · An artists rendition of the Coast Guards new Offshore Patrol Cutter due to be delivered in Fiscal Year 2021. The offshore patrol cutter will replace the service’s 270-foot and 210-foot medium endurance cutters.