Sep 16, 2022 · SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard set Port Condition YANKEE at 10 a.m. Friday for all maritime ports in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgins Islands, due to Tropical Storm Fiona’s approach to the Caribbean region. The Coast Guard strongly cautions the maritime community in both jurisdictions to take the necessary precautions and […]

Jul 30, 2023 · NEW YORK – Four boaters were rescued from a capsized sailing vessel Sunday, off the coast of Sandy Hook, NJ. At 1 a.m. Sunday, Coast Guard Sector New York command center watchstanders received a distress call from the sailing vessel Eagle. The vessel reported they had run aground and were taking on water. A Coast […]

Jun 22, 2012 · PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard conducted a change of command ceremony here welcoming a new sector commander and captain of the port, Friday. Capt. John Little relieved Capt. Mark Ogle as the commander of Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads and the Captain of the Port of Virginia. The commander is responsible for the Coast […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Captain of the Port has set Port Condition FOUR, with no restrictions, for the maritime ports of Jacksonville and Canaveral beginning Monday, following the passing of Hurricane Ian. During Port Condition FOUR, port facilities are open to all commercial vessel traffic and cargo operations may resume, including bunkering and lightering. All […]

Apr 30, 2022 · MIAMI — Capt. Christopher Cederholm relieved Capt. Jo-Ann Burdian as the commander of Coast Guard Sector Miami, Friday, during a change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. Cederholm reported to Sector Miami from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound where he was the deputy sector commander since 2019. Burdian, the first Latina sector commander, will […]

Jun 13, 2022 · BOSTON – The town of Hull, Massachusetts was re-designated as a Coast Guard city during a Recertification Ceremony, Sunday, at the Hull Lifesaving Museum. Hull was initially designated in 2015 as the nation’s twenty first Coast Guard City. “If we were to submit the Coast Guard to one of those ‘home DNA’ tests, we’d see […]

Jan 29, 2022 · ALAMEDA, Calif. — Coast Guard Training Center (TRACEN) Petaluma held a groundbreaking ceremony for a renewable energy microgrid at the base Friday. The primary purpose of the microgrid is to enhance TRACEN Petaluma’s resiliency, which stems from the Kincade Fire in 2019 that resulted in the facility being …

Jul 26, 2023 · KEY WEST, Fla. — The Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are ramping up safety inspections and fishery boardings, Wednesday, during the 2023 Lobster Mini Season along the Florida coast. Coast Guard and FWC boarding team members will be patrolling coastal waters, conducting boardings to enforce the state and federal fishery laws […]

PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Walnut arrived at the cutter’s new homeport in Pensacola Wednesday after an extensive dry-dock period. The Walnut crew performed a major maintenance availability project to enable the 225-foot cutter to reach the end of its 30-year planned life service. “The Walnut crew looks forward to our […]

Jul 14, 2023 · ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Karen Kutkiewicz relieved Cmdr. Cory Riesterer as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC 625) during a change of command ceremony Thursday at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg. Capt. Kristen Serumgard, chief of Operational Forces of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, presided over the ceremony. Kutkiewicz […]