Merchant Mariners
US ship rescues more stranded Iranians in Persian Gulf; Clinton assails Iran nuke activity
(Washington Post) WASHINGTON — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter rescued six Iranian mariners from a vessel in distress in the Persian Gulf, the second such incident in a week of tension punctuated by the Islamic republic’s death sentence to a young Iranian-American man and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s sharp criticism Tuesday of Tehran’s uranium enrichment activity.
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(Sydney Morning Herald) There were growing questions today as to why the container ship that broke apart at Christmas Island on Sunday, spilling oil and fertiliser into the sea, was allowed to dock overnight despite the threat of heavy swells smashing the vessel.Ice threatens shipment of fuel to Alaska town
(msnbc) ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The pace of a seagoing fuel convoy slowed on Monday as thick ice threatened the hull of the tanker carrying an emergency shipment of diesel and gasoline for the town of Nome. READ MORECoast Guard Academy May Ease Out Of New London
New Longdon- (The Courant) The Coast Guard Academy may move some programs out of New London if it cannot expand. The Day of New London reports that Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., the Coast Guard commandant, said in an interview Thursday the school has reached capacity along the Thames River. The Coast Guard offered to purchase a portion of an adjacent park, but city residents voted down the sale in November.
Coast Guard Mission to Nome Exposes U.S. Limits in Ice-Breaking Capability
Washington (CNN) -- In what may be the furthest thing from a pleasure cruise, the U.S. Coast Guard's only operating Arctic icebreaker is escorting a Russian-flagged tanker this week on an emergency fuel run to the ice-blocked town of Nome, Alaska. READ MOREFire breaks out aboard atomic icebreaker vessel
(The Telegraph) A fire broke out aboard an atomic-powered icebreaker in Siberian waters, killing two crewmen but causing no radiation leak, Russian authorities said. READ MOREFerry Strikes Other Vessel While Leaving Dock
(WCVB) BOSTON -- A car ferry in the Massachusetts Steamship Authority Fleet was taken out of service Sunday morning after striking another vessel. READ MORENew law could sink Staten Island's maritime industry
(silive.com) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. --- A potential new threat from the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) could shutter maritime businesses from Staten Island to Canada, costing billions in lost revenue and jobs, and could affect the billion-dollar project to raise the Bayonne Bridge. READ MOREAlang, Where Ships Go To Die
At Alang, in India, on a six-mile stretch of oily, smoky beach, 40,000 men tear apart half of the world's discarded ships, each one a sump of toxic waste. Environmentalists in the West are outraged. The shipbreakers, of course, want to be left alone -- and maybe they should be.
For Coast Guard Rescuers, the Need for Speed
New Haven, Conn. (WTNH) - Every now and again you have to say goodbye to the old and hello to the new. The Coast Guard in New Haven has been using one particular vessel since 1977 and it's been very reliable. But they got something new for 2011, so the Coast Guard gave us some survival suits and took us for a ride. READ MORE