DECEMBER 18, 2024 — U.S Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Dominican Republic Navy surface and air units interdicted three vessels carrying 108 migrants during three separate unlawful maritime migration voyages near Puerto Rico. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo completed the repatriation of 64 of the migrants from two of the interdictions to … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 9, 2024 — Coast Guard watchstanders and the crew of the tanker ship Orange Ocean coordinated the rescue of a solo boater in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 420 miles north of Puerto Rico, Friday. Rescued is Kirill Vladimirovich Mikhaylov, 53, resident of St. Kitts and Nevis, who reportedly came in distress aboard the 46-foot sailing vessel Poesterd while … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 4, 2024 – Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s crew offloaded more than 16,100 pounds of cocaine worth an assessed street value of approximately $182.8 million in Port Everglades, Monday. The crew worked alongside interagency and international partners to interdict the illicit narcotics in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean off South and Central … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 3, 2024 – The Coast Guard is scheduled to provide media interviews on December 5 and public tours on December 6 at the Juneau Cruise Port. Homeported in Seattle, Healy is a U.S. Coast Guard polar-class icebreaker that provides access to the Arctic region, supporting Arctic research operations and Coast Guard missions. The cutter crew is currently conducting … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 2, 2024 — Coast Guard Incident Management pollution responders from Sector San Juan are responding to and investigating a No. 3 fuel oil spill at the Puma Energy fuel dock facility in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Thursday. The source of the oil discharge has been secured and most of the material is contained within the Puma Energy fuel dock area. Approximately, … [Read more...]