National Boat Safety Week
Memorial day weekend is quickly approaching and many Southwest Floridians will be heading out on the boat. But before it's anchors away, you need to take the proper precautions.
Category Archives: US Coast Guard
Captain of El Faro sister ship: Master had solid storm plan
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Cuban migrants climb down from lighthouse near Key West
The 19 Cuban migrants straddled atop the American Shoal lighthouse off Sugarloaf Key have come down and are being processed by immigration officials, Coast Guard officials said Friday afternoon. The migrants climbed down from the 109-foot structure around 5:30 p.m. Earlier in the day, the migrants had swum to the lighthouse after the Coast Guard approached their makeshift boat in the waters off Sugarloaf.
The US doesn’t need to wait for an Arctic port to boost maritime safety, report says
Even though no one yet is offering to spend money to build a full-service U.S. Arctic port, some steps could - and should - be taken in the next few years to prepare for the potential onslaught of new maritime traffic in the Bering Strait and waters further north, a new federal report says. The report, issued by the U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System 's Arctic task force, makes 43 specific recommendations it says would improve safety, communications and information for mariners using the narrow Bering Strait and the Chukchi and Beaufort seas to the north in the near future.
Coast Guard in standoff with Cuban migrants on American Shoal Lighthouse
U.S. Coast Guard crews are trying to get an estimated 20 Cuban migrants off American Shoal lighthouse off Sugarloaf Key. The migrants climbed the 109-foot structure after swimming away from their homemade vessel.
Second set of El Faro hearings continue Thursday
The stern of the El Faro is shown on the ocean floor taken from an underwater video camera November 1, 2015. U.S. Coast Guard investigators are resuming their probe of the deadly sinking of a cargo ship during a hurricane last fall, with two weeks of hearings to examine ship operations, weather forecasts and regulatory oversight getting underway.