Coast Guard Cutter Healy and its 87 crew members returned home to Seattle in time for Thanksgiving following a five-month deployment conducting science operations on four diverse missions in the Arctic Ocean. Healy’s first mission with the Coast Guard Research and Development Center tested new technologies in the harsh Arctic environment. Healy tested two unmanned vehicles and a new oil
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On Sunday Oct. 1, The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation released the details of the sinking of cargo ship El Faro, which encountered Hurricane Jaoquin while carrying cargo from Jacksonville, FL to San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2015. At that time considered the worst maritime disaster in 40 years, the sinking ship resulted in the loss of 33
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The National Hurricane Center has issued a public advisory stating that Hurricane Irma will move over portions of the Virgin Islands soon, pass near or north of Puerto Rico this afternoon or tonight, pass near or north of the Dominican Republic Thursday and be near the Turks and Caicos and southeastern Bahamas late Thursday. Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued
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The U.S. Coast Guard reported ships entering and exiting the Houston Ship Channel on Labor Day and the Port of Houston is open just past the ExxonMobil Baytown facility for vessels up to a 40’ draft. Nearly a dozen other area ports are closed or open with restrictions. According to the latest report from the offshore resources organization Bureau of
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The fourth largest city in the U.S., Houston, Texas is experiencing disastrous rains from category 4 hurricane Harvey, which made landfall Friday Aug. 25, stalled over the city, and has poured unprecedented amounts of rain throughout the weekend. With over 40 inches of rain in some areas, the total could rise to more than 50 inches before the storm subsides.
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