Tag: US Coast Guard

• Monday, April 29th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  Unauthorized US Coast Guard ship sparks controversy in Montevideo

  

  The US Coast Guard cutter James docked in the port of Montevideo Friday sparking a controversy among local politicians because the executive had forgotten to require the congressional acquiescence needed for the presence of any foreign-flagged military unit in the country.

• Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

  US Coast Guard unit arrives in Uruguay

  

  US Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Stone arrived Sunday in Uruguay as part of her South Atlantic tour to reduce illicit maritime activity and conduct joint exercises with Uruguay's Navy. The vessel's deployment seeks to develop partnerships and increase US interoperability with South American nations to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:29 UTC

  Royal Navy and US Coast Guard will work together in areas of strategic interest

  

  The Royal Navy has announced it will work more closely with the and US Coast Guard to fight crime and protect the planet. The two services already combine to stop drugs traffickers in the Caribbean and Middle East, assist each other with operations in the polar regions, run exchange programs for sailors and frequently work and train side-by-side around the globe.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2021 - 11:22 UTC

  State of the art USCG Stone docks in Montevideo heading for the South Atlantic

  

  One of the US Coast Guard newest vessels docked in Montevideo early Monday looking for supplies and fuel, but given the strict sanitary isolation measures no member of the crew will be disembarking or anybody visiting the vessel.

• Friday, January 1st 2021 - 22:41 UTC

  South Atlantic area of global contention? US Coast Guard off to South America to patrol for IUU fishing

  

  The following piece by Gidget Fuentes in USNI News offers an account of the mission of USCGC (WMSL/758) Stone, fresh from Shipyard and Quarantine, and which departed Mississippi on 22 December for Southern Atlantic Patrol:

• Monday, October 26th 2020 - 09:18 UTC

  US Coast Guard will increase presence in the Pacific to contain the threat of China's IUU fishing

  

  US national security adviser said the US Coast Guard (USCG) was basing Enhanced Response Cutters in the western Pacific for maritime security missions, citing illegal fishing and harassment of vessels by China.

• Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 05:11 UTC

  “Harmony of the Seas” crew member lost in the Atlantic; US Coast Guard on the search

  

  The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday it was searching for a British crew member who went overboard from a Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Arron Hough, 20, went overboard 430 km off the northwest of Puerto Rico on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Coast Guard 7th District revealed in a telephone interview.

• Thursday, August 18th 2016 - 06:54 UTC

  Fire forces full passenger evacuation of Caribbean Fantasy off Puerto Rico

  

  A fire forced more than 500 people to be evacuated from a cruise ship about a mile off Puerto Rico's northern coast on Wednesday. The U.S. Coast Guard brought passengers to the shore as the fire continued to burn aboard the Caribbean Fantasy, a combination cruise and ferry ship. Other agencies also joined the rescue effort until fire forced them to abandon the ship.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2015 - 05:39 UTC

  US Senators propose construction of six new heavy-duty icebreakers for Arctic activities

  

  Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski introduced this month the bipartisan Icebreaker Recapitalization Act with Washington Senator Maria Cantwell that would authorize the U.S. Navy to construct up to 6 heavy icebreakers. The new icebreakers would be designed and operated by the Coast Guard, since under US law it is the sole service responsible for icebreaking missions.

• Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:48 UTC

  Repsol invites US to check its oil rig standards before drilling in Cuban waters

  

  Repsol YPF SA, which is scheduled to begin exploratory drilling in Cuban waters, has offered US agencies an opportunity to inspect the vessel and its equipment before it arrives at the well site, US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich said.