November 12, 2013 — The US Army Technical Center for Explosive Safety has released an updated explosive safety guide for the maritime industry. The guide details how to properly respond to unexploded ordinance found at sea.
November 12, 2013 — The US Army Technical Center for Explosive Safety has released an updated explosive safety guide for the maritime industry. The guide details how to properly respond to unexploded ordinance found at sea.
October 12, 2013 — On Thursday, October 24, 2013, free safety and survival training will be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Gloucester from 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM.
The hands-on training, sponsored by Fishing Partnership Support Services, is conducted by Coast Guard certified fishing vessel safety instrucitors.
ROCKPORT, Mass., — October 28, 2013 — One Maine man died and another was rescued Friday when a boat based out of Provincetown sank on its way to Maine.
Jason Randall of Rockland, Maine, was rescued by Rockport Harbormasters Scott Story and Rosemary Lesch when the fishing vessel Terra Nova sank about three miles off the coast of Rockport around 8:30 p.m. Friday.
Another man, David Oakes of South Thomaston died, according to a family member.
Harbormasters from Rockport and Gloucester responded Friday, along with state police, the Coast Guard and nearby good Samaritan vessels.
October 26, 2013 — The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen Friday night after they were forced to abandon ship three miles east of Cape Ann in Rockport, according to Myeonghi Clett, spokeswoman for the Coast Guard.
Moments after setting out to fish, the crew of the 65-foot fishing vessel “Terra Nova” notified the Coast Guard at around 8:30 p.m. that there was a foot of water in their front cabin, prompting the men to return to shore, said Clett.
On their way back, the men realized that the water had risen to six feet. At 9 p.m., the men notified the Coast Guard that they were preparing to abandon ship, said Clett.
The men put on immersion suits, which protect against hypothermia and serve as a floating device, said Clett. The Coast Guard dispatched searching boats and a helicopter to locate the fishermen in the water.
That night, water temperature was about 56 degree, and air temperature was 49 degrees according to Clett.
Read the full story at the Boston Globe
October 27, 2013 — An 85-foot commercial boat docked off East Boston sank Sunday afternoon, spilling fuel into the Boston Harbor, according to fire officials and the US Coast Guard.
Authorities ordered a crew to clean up the spilled oil Sunday night to prevent any pollution, said Coast Guard Chief Patrick Fish. Fish said he didn’t know how much fuel had spilled. A makeshift floating dam was put around the boat Sunday to contain the spill, said Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald.
Read the full story at the Boston Globe
October 28, 2013 — Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Rockport harbormaster’s office pulled two fishermen from the waters of the Atlantic late Friday night after their 65-foot fishing vessel took on water and sank roughly 3 miles off Rockport’s Thacher Island.
U.S. Coast Guard officials Sunday declined to identify the fishermen, who had been working aboard the 48-year-old dragger Terra Nova when the boat suddenly began taking on water sometime around 8:30 p.m. Friday.
As the boat was going down, the fishing crew members abandoned ship, according to Coast Guard reports. But a helicopter based out of Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod was able to locate the fishermen in the water, lift one into the copter and transport him to Massachusetts General Hospital, while the second fisherman was pulled into the Rockport harbormaster’s boat, then taken to Coast Guard Station Gloucester and transported from there to Addison Gilbert Hospital.
There remained no word Sunday regarding the condition of the fisherman who was taken by the Coast Guard to Mass. General; Rockport Harbormaster Scott Story said Sunday that the fisherman he transported to Coast Guard Station Gloucester was “conscious, alert, oriented — and very happy to see me.” But there was also no update regarding his condition as of Sunday afternoon.
October 20, 2013 — Good Samaritans aboard the 98-foot Seattle-based fishing vessel Aleutian Beauty, responding to a Coast Guard issued urgent marine information broadcast, rescue five uninjured fishermen from a life raft in the Bering Sea off the Alaskan coast Oct. 20, 2013.
The mariners set off their emergency position indicating radio beacon, prompting a Coast Guard response, and abandoned ship into the life raft from the 59-foot Kodiak-based fishing vessel Western Venture after it caught fire 69 miles west of Adak. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Kodiak.
GLOUCESTER, Mass. — October 21, 2013 — The following was released by the Fishermen's Partnership:
On Friday, October 25, 2013, a free drill conductor certification class for Captains and Mates who have attended our one day basic safety training class within the last year will be held at the USCG Station in Gloucester beginning at 8:00 AM and ending at 4:00 PM.
The law requires all documented commercial fishing vessels who fish beyond the U.S. Boundary line to conduct monthly emergency drills: Man Overboard,Fire, Damage Control and Abandon Ship. These drills must be conducted by a certified drill conductor. To become certified, you must attend a course given by a Coast Guard Certified Marine Safety Instructor. Our instructors are all Coast Guard Certified. Upon satisfactory completion of the course, you will receive the Drill Conductor Certification that meets the Coast Guard requirement. The course builds on the training of the basic one day course and involves 5 hours of classroom training followed by on board drills.
For more details, contact:
– Mass Fishermen's Partnership office at 2 Blackburn Center, Gloucester, MA
– Online at www.fishingpartnership.org
– Contact Nina Groppo at ngroppo@fishingpartnership.org or at 978-282-4847.
Read the release from the Fishermen's Partnership
September 27, 2013 — JUNEAU, Alaska — The last Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed to Cordova for the summer is scheduled to return to Kodiak Monday.
Throughout the deployment, which started May 1, 2013, aircrews out of forward operating location Cordova flew on 26 cases, saved 11 lives and assisted 18 other lives.
Air Station Kodiak personnel deploy to Cordova every summer in response to the increase in maritime traffic in the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound.
“The FOL allows us to reduce the distance aircrews have to travel when responding to emergencies in the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound,” said Lt. Francis Wolfe, a pilot with Air Station Kodiak. “Even in the summer, the Alaskan environment can be dangerous and unpredictable, making quick response times an absolute necessity when disasters occur.”
Watch the video and read the full release from the US Coast Guard
September 27, 2013 — The following was released by Fishing Partnership:
Free training will be held on Friday, Oct. 11 at UMASS Dartmouth – SMASS – 706 Rodney French Blvd. from 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM. This free hands on training is conducted by Coast Guard certified fishing vessel safety instructors. Cape VNA will provide free vaccines including flu and tetanus during lunch break. Registration at Hercules (SLR) 44 South St. New Bedford, MFP office, 114 McArthur Bld. New Bedford, on-line at www.fishingpartnership.org or contact Deb Kelsey at 508-991-3043 or dkelsey@fishingpartnersip.org.
View a PDF of the announcement