U.S. Coast Guard – Page 47 – Professional Mariner

23 Dec

Nearly 900 evacuated after fire aboard Staten Island ferry

Rich MillerMaritime Newscasualties, ferries, U.S. Coast Guard

(NEW YORK) — Nearly 900 passengers and crewmembers were evacuated from a ferry bound for Staten Island from Manhattan on Thursday after a fire in the vessel's engine room, ABC News reported. Five people were injured in the fire aboard Sandy Ground, with three going to the hospital with unspecified minor injuries, the New York Fire Department said at a…

21 Dec

Coast Guard honors NYC boat captain for saving seven

Rich MillerMaritime Newssafety, U.S. Coast Guard

(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Coast Guard presented a New York native with a Meritorious Public Service Award on Monday at the New York City Harbor School on Governors Island. On Aug. 20, Beni Nedrick, a charter boat captain, saved the lives of seven people after the 48-foot yacht Reverie caught fire in the Hudson River. Nedrick was transiting the…

21 Dec

Tanker crewman airlifted after injury off Southwest Pass

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(NEW ORLEANS) — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 48-year-old male crewmember from an oil tanker vessel Tuesday approximately 58 miles southwest of Southwest Pass, La. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watch standers received a call at 4:58 a.m. from PGC Ikaros personnel stating a crewmember fell and sustained injuries to his arm. Watch standers coordinated the launch of a…

19 Dec

Sea Machines installs AI system on Coast Guard cutter

Rich MillerMaritime NewsNavigation, U.S. Coast Guard

(BOSTON) — Sea Machines Robotics, an industry leader in pioneering maritime autonomy and perception systems, has installed its new AI-ris computer vision product on board a U.S. Coast Guard 270-foot Famous-class medium endurance cutter ahead of the vessel’s upcoming deployment. AI-ris uses artificial intelligence to identify and track visual targets of interest. This installation was made possible under an ongoing…

15 Dec

Polar Star makes Australian port call before Deep Freeze

Rich MillerMaritime NewsIcebreakers, U.S. Coast Guard

(SYDNEY, Australia) — The United States’ only operational heavy icebreaker, the Coast Guard cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), made a scheduled port call Thursday in Chowder Bay, Australia. Polar Star’s Chowder Bay port call is part of the crew’s annual journey to Antarctica where they will support Operation Deep Freeze, a joint military service mission to resupply the United States…

14 Dec

Tanker crew rescues adrift sailors east of Delaware

Rich MillerMaritime Newsshipping, U.S. Coast Guard

(PORTSMOUTH, Va.) — The U.S. Coast Guard, with assistance from the tanker Silver Muna, located the 30-foot sailing vessel Atrevida II on Tuesday approximately 214 miles east of Delaware. Found were Kevin Hyde, 65, and Joe Ditomasso, 76. They were last in contact with family and friends on Dec. 3 when they departed Oregon Inlet, N.C. Hyde and Ditomasso were…

13 Dec

Coast Guard proposes new TWIC delay for some facilities

Rich MillerLicensing & TrainingU.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard announced in the Federal Register that it proposes to further delay the effective date for certain facilities affected by the final rule titled “Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) — Reader Requirements,” published in the Federal Register on Aug. 23, 2016. The current effective date for the final rule is May 8, 2023. The Coast…

06 Dec

Coast Guard cites pilot’s actions in Chesapeake boxship grounding

Rich MillerCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(BALTIMORE) – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capitol Region completed its marine casualty investigation on Tuesday into the March 13 grounding of the containership Ever Forward in the Craighill Channel. The report of the investigation determined the incident’s causal factors to be the pilot’s failure to maintain situational awareness and attention while navigating, and inadequate bridge resource management. The 1,095-foot…

02 Dec

Officials monitoring oil from Liberty ship off Florida

Rich MillerMaritime NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(NEW ORLEANS) – The U.S. Coast Guard and Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) continue to monitor periodic discharges of oil from the Liberty ship Thomas Heyward, a World War II-era vessel sunk in 1977 to serve as an artificial reef approximately 6 miles southwest of Destin, Fla. Following Hurricane Sally in September 2020, the National Response Center (NRC) began…

28 Nov

Safety alert: Failure to detect search and rescue transponders

Rich MillerMaritime NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — During a recent marine incident, a survivor was drifting in the water and holding an activated 9 GHz (X-band radar) search and rescue transponder (SART), but the individual was not detected by some of the responding vessels, including good Samaritans and U.S. Coast Guard vessels. The survivor saw four vessels pass close by as he held the SART…