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Tropical Storm Warning for Newport
Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 13:48.
(newport-now) An ever changing Hurricane Earl has shifted slightly bringing the
course of the storm about 50 miles closer to Newport. According to the
Associated Press, Officials in New England’s coastal areas are bracing
for high seas, heavy rains and strong winds as Hurricane Earl
approaches the region. A tropical storm warning has been put into
effect for all of Rhode Island and from New Haven, Conn., to Westport,
Mass., including Block Island. READ MORE
Post to TwitterFuel tanker runs aground in Arctic; no leak
Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:56.
(AP) A fuel tanker carrying supplies for Arctic communities has run aground
in the Northwest Passage but no diesel is leaking, the Canadian Coast
Guard said Thursday. READ MOREOil platform explosion is in marked contrast with BP disaster in Gulf of Mexico
Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:24.
(nola) An oil and natural gas production platform exploded
in flames Thursday morning, sending 13 workers on board plunging into
the Gulf of Mexico and touching raw nerves about the safety of offshore
energy operations in the wake of the BP spill. READ MOREGulf Oil Rig Explodes off La. Coast
Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 16:02.(abc) An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of
the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill. READ MORE
Iceberg four times the size of Manhattan drifting across Arctic Ocean
Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:17.
(nydailynews) An island of ice more than four times the size of Manhattan is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland. READ MORE'There was no argument': Giant Royal Navy destroyer looms over yacht carrying £4m worth of cocaine
Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:35.
(dailymail) With the full might of a Royal Navy
destroyer looming over it, the skipper of this little yacht had little
choice but to surrender. HMS Gloucester had been called in to intercept the yacht in the mid-Atlantic which was carrying £4million worth of cocaine. READ MORECanada aids cruise ship stuck in the Arctic Ocean
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 13:12.(CNN) The Canadian coast guard began ferrying passengers on Sunday from a cruise ship that ran aground on an unmapped rock. Officials aboard the Clipper Adventurer reported their troubles on
Friday. The crew failed to dislodge the ship during high tide on
Saturday, while Sunday, a coast guard icebreaker arrived to transport
the people on board to land. READ MORE and WATCH THE VIEDO
Coast Guard searching for person in Narragansett Bay
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 12:53.(coastguardnews) The Coast Guard and other agencies are searching Narragansett Bay,
R.I., for a 25-year old man who fell into the water, around 2 p.m.,
Sun., Aug. 29, 2010. READ MORE
Vessel sinks, fisherman rescued off Gloucester
Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:54.
(boston) A fisherman was rescued by a passing boater yesterday after his boat
sank quickly in the waters off Gloucester, the Coast Guard said
yesterday. READ MORECoast Guard cites commercial fisherman for fishing in U.S. EEZ without permits
Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:45.(coastguardnews) The U.S. Coast Guard in cooperation with the Massachusetts
Environmental Police (MEP) and the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) conducted a boarding of a commercial fishing vessel in
Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 25, 2010, and found the vessel did not have a
required permit. READ MORE
