Marine Safety

News / Photos

Quotes

Wiki

8 of 8

FREIGHTER RUNS AGROUND NEAR SAN JUAN

USCG2003091801 - SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, SEPT. 18, 2003 (UPI) -- A small passenger boat sits near theÃŠM/V Kent Reliant, aground outside the port of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Panamanian-flagged freighter ran aground while approaching the channel entrance early in the morning Sept. 18, 2003. None of the 17 crewmembers aboard were injured, and no pollution has been observed from the vessel. Coast Guard personnel from Marine Safety Office San Juan are onboard monitoring the safety of the vessel and its crew, as well as investigating the cause of the grounding. San Juan Harbor remains open.ÃŠ RLW/U.S. Coast Guard UPI

License photo

Enlarge

UPI Related News

Cruise line guilty in fatal explosion

MIAMI, May 3 (UPI) -- Norwegian Cruise Line has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in a boiler blast on the SS Norway that killed eight people and left 10 severely wounded in Miami.

Coast Guard adapts Fido threat detection

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard announced it has adapted ICx Technologies' Fido explosives detector for wide-area harsh maritime environments.

Texas crew rescued from burning tugboat

PORT ISABEL, Texas, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A four-man crew has been rescued from a burning tugboat in the Intracoastal Waterway near Port Isabel, Texas, the Coast Guard reported Monday.

Houston Ship Channel reopened after mishap

HOUSTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The Coast Guard reopened the Houston Ship Channel Thursday after a chemical tanker collided with a moored barge, causing a small oil spill in the waterway. The channel was reopened at 11 a.m. following an overnight mishap in which the tanker Ievoli Splend

Oil spill cleanup continues in Texas

PORT ARTHUR, Texas, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A section of the Neches River remained closed Tuesday in southeast Texas as a crews continued to clean up a 30,000-gallon fuel oil spill.

EU expected to reveal banned airlines

BRUSSELS, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The European Union is expected to approve in Brussels a EU-wide blacklist of unsafe airlines after the crash of the Flash Airlines plane that killed 148.

Offshore rig fire forces 55 to evacuate

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A fire broke out on a 504-foot gas-drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, forcing 55 workers to evacuate to life rafts, the Coast Guard said.

Washington Agenda-House

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

Washington Agenda-House

Florida approves ban on shark feeding

KEY LARGO,, Fla., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 7-0 Thursday to ban shark-feeding trips for divers on grounds it changes the behavior of the predato

1 of 2 Prev | Next

Related Topics