The US Coast Guard rescued two fishermen from their sinking vessel, Monday in Islet Passage, near Sitka, Alaska. Watch standers Juneau Command Center received a request for assistance from the fishing vessel Glory at approximately 8 p.m. They directed the launch of a Jayhawk helicopter crew to assist the vessel in distress. A Coast Guard […]
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The Coast Guard performed a medevac evacuation of a seriously injured crew member from the 169ft fishing vessel F/V Constellation near St. Paul, Alaska. The crew member was injured when a hatch closed on him. A Coast Guard helicopter hoisted the crewman from the 169-foot fishing vessel Constellation at about 9:30 a.m., just outside St.
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The US Coast Guard rescued five people from a life raft late Monday after the 67-foot fishing vessel Desire sank approximately 20 miles offshore from the mouth of the Umpqua River. A sinking vessel is a much more dangerous circumstance than most workers face, and the law of the land provides protection and compensation for
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Injury at Sea is representing crew members from the sinking of the F/V Laura after the Coast Guard rescued the crewmen from a survival raft. Their fishing vessel the Laura had run aground was taking on water and they were forced to abandon ship. Fatigue may have been a contributing factor. Applicable maritime law accepts,
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The Coast Guard rescued four crewmen from a survival raft about 13 nautical miles west of Cape Ommaney, Alaska. Their fishing vessel the 53 foot Julia Breeze was taking on water and they were forced to abandon ship. Situations like this could easily be injurious to health or prove fatal. In this case the crew
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The cargo ship Zim Kingston piled high with containers anchored about 5 miles offshore from Victoria, British Columbia, after losing 40 containers Friday in the gigantic storm east of Vancouver Island, caught fire Saturday and around 6 p.m. Canadian authorities have advised the crew to abandon ship. The Victoria-based lifeboat Cape Calvert and firefighting tugs
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The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards responded to the container vessel Zim Kingston that lost 40 containers during heavy weather 40 miles from the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The lost containers were initially reported to be general containers with no dangerous cargo. That report was updated at 2pm reporting two containers had dangerous materials.
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The Coast Guard medevaced a badly injured crewman from fishing boat Patricia Lee Tuesday approximately 200 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor.The initial request for the medevac came from the Patricia Lee at about 4 p.m. Tuesday. The master reported a crew member had sustained serious injuries to his pelvic region after becoming pinned by a
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The Coast Guard and a good samaritan vessel the Quinault rescued a crew of three from 48-foot fishing vessel Garda Marie taking on water Friday one mile north of Tatoosh Island near Cape Flattery. The Garda Marie sank. The report came in at 1:15 a.m. Friday that the 48-foot commercial fishing vessel Garda Marie was
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A crewman went missing from the fishing vessel Stormie B. The crew member was in an inflatable boat powered by two oars and was wearing a survival suit with a strobe. The Coast Guard was able to find him, deploy a rescue swimmer, hoist the crewman and safely transport him to the local cannery near
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