The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a crewman missing more than 12 hours from a vessel bound from Washington State to eastern Asia. The crewmember fell from the boat carrier Aqua Splendor. The Coast Guard took a distress alert from the vessel Tuesday night when it was 300…
The CDC reports that 85 passengers and six crewmembers aboard the Holland America vessel AMSTERDAM have fallen ill in the last month due to an unknown illness. The 85 passengers comprise over 10% of all passengers aboard the vessel in that time frame. Predominant symptoms of the illness are vomiting…
The Lady Cecilia sank quickly March 10 about 20 miles west of Leadbetter Point. The four people onboard could neither escape nor send a distress signal. After it received a hit from the boat’s Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, the Coast Guard assembled an extensive search party including planes, helicopters…
Coast Guard search and rescue crews are searching for a missing passenger from the Holland America Line cruise ship Eurodam, who reportedly disappeared early Thursday morning while the vessel was transiting from St. Thomas to the Bahamas, approximately 80 nautical miles northwest of Puerto Rico. Coast Guard Watchstanders in Sector…
The U.S. Coast Guard, has engaged federal and state partners in their response to a report of a barge that struck the walls of the lock approach to The Dalles while transiting on the Columbia River at approximately 3 a.m., Friday. The double-bottom barge Tri-City Voyager, which was being pushed…
There was a fire early this morning aboard a 50-foot commercial fishing vessel berthed at Fisherman’s Terminal, just west of the Ballard Bridge. According to Seattle fire, crews found the boat burning when they arrived on scene just after 4 a.m. Friday. Firefighters used foam to control the fire within…
The Coast Guard will again be conducting Operation Safe Crab, an initiative to reduce the loss of lives and fishing vessels in the west coast crab fleet. California’s crab season is scheduled to begin Nov. 15 for the central coast from Avila-Morro Bay, Calif., to the mouth of the Russian…
The U.S. Coast Guard is ordering Washington State Ferries to increase the number of crew members on its largest vessels to improve safety. On Friday, Coast Guard officials decided that the state needs one more crewman added to the minimum on the Jumbo class of 188-car vessels used on the…
Commercial fishing is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. Many commercial fishing operations are characterized by hazardous working conditions, strenuous labor, long work hours and harsh weather. During 2000-2010, an annual average of 46 deaths occurred (124 deaths per 100,000 workers), compared with an average of…
A tugboat crew safely escaped their vessel after it hit a rock on Norton Sound and began taking on water Friday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley says watchstanders received a report at about 1:20 p.m. that the 70-foot tug Captain…