The Port Of Galveston

posted by admin on Jun 5

Crews from Aids to Navigation Teams Galveston and Port O’Connor load temporary buoys onto a 55-foot Coast Guard boat at Sector Field Office Galveston before getting underway. More than ninety percent of the aids to navigation were either damaged, destroyed or moved out of position in the Gulf of Mexico and the Houston Ship Channel during Hurricane IKE. The Coast Guard is repairing and repositioning buoys to reopen the ports and Ship Channel as quickly as possible. (Coast Guard video by PA3 Rob Simpson)

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posted by admin on May 20

In this video by the U.S. Coast Guard, an Air Station Houston HH-65C rescue helicopter crew conducted a pre-Hurricane Ike overflight of the Freeport/Galveston coastline. Numerous ships including shrimp boats and barges can be seen taking the necessary cover for the impending storm, Sept. 11, 2008. Heavy surf arrived early, erasing the beaches and threatening houses being prepared to weather Ike.

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posted by admin on Apr 29

http://CoastGuardNews.com
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard responded to a boat fire in Galveston Bay, Texas, this morning.

Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston received a report at 8:24 a.m. from the Houston Ship Pilots ociation that the fishing boat Captain Orlando was on fire two miles south of Eagle Point, near Red Fish Island, Texas.

Sector Houston-Galveston immediately dispatched a rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Houston, and two rescue boat crews from Station Galveston.

Upon arriving, the rescue helicopter crew discovered that two crewmembers from the Captain Orlando had been picked up by a Good Samaritan boat in the area. Station Galveston rescue boat crews then verified that no one else was in the water, and set up a 200-yard safety zone around the burning boat.

The Captain Orlando had 100 gallons of diesel fuel onboard, and there is reported to be 600-yard sheen south of Red Fish Island in the Houston Ship Channel.

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posted by admin on Apr 18

(Video courtesy of Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service) New York–The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board released Coast Guard footage today of the US Airways passenger plane as it conducted an emergency landing into the Hudson River Jan. 15, 2009. The Coast Guard is conducting a safety zone around the plane, which is now located at Battery Park City, NY, while a commercial salvage team is working to remove the plane from the water. The Coast Guard, New York Police and Fire …

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posted by admin on Apr 16

uscgc cgc bouy tender harry claiborne docking in galveston fs3 jimmy guillot with blue hard hat

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