Washington Gubernatorial hopefuls Jay Inslee and Rob McKenna are offering some ideas about how to bolster the region’s maritime industry but didn’t specifically say how they would pay for those improvements. Both candidates spoke at the Bering Seas Fisheries Conference in Seattle on Tuesday, April 26, telling commercial fisherman, shipbuilders…
In 2010, Congress enacted the Seaman’s Protection Act. The Act provides a remedy for seaman that have reported unsafe conditions to the United States Coast Guard, violations of U.S. Coast Guard regulations, refused to perform duties because of reasonable apprehension that performing such duties would result in personal injury,…
After searching through the night for approximately 7 hours, the Coast Guard suspended a search for a person in the water near the Columbia River entrance on the border of Oregon and Washington, Saturday. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, located in Astoria, received a call from the outbound 591-foot bulk…
On Saturday, April 21, 2012 ten crewmembers were rescued from the burning vessel Hsin Man Chun, a 70-foot Taiwanese fishing vessel. The Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue partners, coordinated in the rescue after the crewmembers were forced to abandon ship 700 miles west of Guam.…
The Coast Guard concluded its first hearing Thursday to determine the cause of the March 10, 2012 sinking of the fishing vessel Lady Cecilia 17 miles off the Washington coast. Witnesses gave testimony on the history and condition of the vessel along with recollections of the crew and their experience.…
Earlier today the Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from the 75-foot clamming vessel Enterprise approximately 6 miles east of Manasquan Inlet, N.J. The man was injured when he was struck in the head by a dislodged pipe caused by “equipment failure”. Due to the man’s condition, it was not possible…
On Saturday, April 14, 2012 the sailing vessel Low Speed Chase was transiting around the Farallon Islands during a race when it was struck by a series of large waves that rolled the vessel multiple times, causing crew members to enter the water and ultimately running the vessel aground. The…
On March 30, 2012 an immense marina fire in Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham took two lives and destroyed an estimated 10 vessels and a boathouse. The victims, a married couple, died from smoke inhalation aboard their 42-foot powerboat when the fire trapped them inside. The vessel sank during the blaze…
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, the coast guard medically evacuated a 97-year-old passenger from the cruise ship Celebrity Silhouette in New York Harbor. The woman reportedly fell and suffered a head injury while the vessel was anchored off Staten Island, New York. The woman was in stable condition at…
The Coast Guard responded to two accidents involving towing vessels on Friday, April 6, 2012. The towing vessel Altro Donna sank after an allision with a piling near Commodore Dock in Marreo, Louisiana where it was transporting eight empty red-flag barges with three crewmembers onboard. The Altro Donna reportedly had…