Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Fontenette | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 07.16.2024
SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. — Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes is responding to a pollution incident in the St. Marys River near downtown Sault Ste. Marie along with the Sault Ste. Marie Fire Department and Army Corps of Engineers....
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 12.20.2023
SANTA RITA, Guam — In response to the grounding of the motor vessel Voyager, a 116-foot Indonesian-flagged ship, adjacent to Piti Channel in Typhoon Mawar on May 24, 2023, the U.S. Coast Guard, under the leadership of Capt. Nicholas Simmons, the commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and the Captain of the Port (COTP), has taken decisive action to protect Guam's......
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 03.09.2022
OSWEGO, N.Y. ⎯ U.S. Coast Guard Sector Buffalo received a report of an oil spill from the National Response Center regarding an oil sheen that was visible in the vicinity of Breitbeck Park and Oswego Harbor Power LLC facility’s dock March 8, 2022....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Fisher | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 10.26.2020
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard pollution response team is working with the State of Hawaii and responsible party in the removal of a recreational vessel that sank in Hawaii Kai Saturday night....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 02.10.2020
HONOLULU — Responders are working to refloat and move the 63-foot fishing vessel, Midway Island, currently aground off Hilo. The Coast Guard is working with the Department of Land and Natural Resources and contracted personnel to refloat the vessel on the incoming high tide and building surf and move it to a state-owned pier outside Wailoa Boat Harbor for further pollution mitigation......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Meredith Manning | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Kodiak | 08.09.2017
The chances of oil spills become more likely as permanent sea ice diminishes in the Arctic and maritime activity increases. As the federal response agency for offshore spills, the Coast Guard is exploring options for recovering oil in the Arctic....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Texas | 10.13.2016
PORT ISABEL, Texas — Response workers were able to recover more than 2,000 gallons of diesel through the night and into Thursday morning in the Port Isabel Channel, after a barge allided with a dock Tuesday....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 06.05.2015
The Coast Guard is responding to a barge grounded on the Kongiganak River near Bethel Friday.
