The Coast Guard began searching for a missing person approximately 30 miles west of La Push, Wash., Friday. The missing person was one of four crewmembers on board the 40-foot fishing vessel Maverick, which was involved in a collision with the 90-foot fishing vessel Viking Storm. The Maverick sank as…
The Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology are responding to a vessel that leaked diesel fuel in the Columbia River near Longview, Wash., Wednesday. The Coast Guard was notified by Ecology at approximately 1 p.m., that the 100-foot former fishing vessel Tiffany, moored on the south side of Lord…
As of October 15, 2012, all U.S. commercial fishing vessels operating beyond three nautical miles offshore will be required to have a U.S. Coast Guard dockside safety examination. The mandatory dockside examination requirement, called for in legislation enacted in 2010, affects commercial fishing vessels nationwide, and includes all commercial fishing,…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – According to a report from the U.S. Coast Guard, on September, 21, 2012, the Coast Guard rescued four men from a life raft after they abandoned their fishing vessel more than 30 miles south of Resurrection Bay. Weather at the time the vessel sank was reported as…
The Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology are responding to an oil spill, Monday, from a sunken 71-foot fishing vessel near Twin Bridge Marina located in Mount Vernon. An oil sheen is located on the surface of the water above the sunken vessel. The Coast Guard contracted Global Diving…
The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a commercial fishing vessel approximately 75 miles west of the Columbia River entrance, Saturday. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a report at approximately 8:35 p.m., Friday, indicating one of two men aboard the 52-foot commercial fishing vessel Melville had fallen and sustained…
According to news reports, one crew member is dead and another missing after the Kodiak-based F/V ADVANTAGE sank 50 miles southeast of Kodiak City. According the U.S. Coast Guard, three crew members were rescued from their liferaft by a Coast Guard helicopter. None of the crewmembers were wearing survival suits. Skipper…
The American Journal of Preventative Medicine released a study last year assessing the risk for traumatic brain injury in the workplace. Although traumatic brain injury is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the U.S., work-related traumatic brain injury had not been well documented prior to the…
The 79-foot sightseeing vessel Baranof Wind struck a rock in Glacier Bay, Alaska and began taking on water yesterday. The Coast Guard, National Park Service, and the Holland America Line cruise vessel Volendam responded to the scene and rescued the 76 passengers. The passengers are believed to have been on…
The Coast Guard suspended its search yesterday at 8:35 a.m. for the man who fell from the sternwheeler Queen of the West on the Columbia River near Rainier, Ore., Tuesday. Crewmembers aboard the Queen of the West contacted Coast Guard Sector Columbia River at approximately 1:10 a.m. via Vhf channel…