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PORTLAND, Ore. — Coast Guard personnel is conducting vessel safety spot checks and voluntary dockside exams in Harbor, Ore., starting Sunday, just prior to the opening of the Oregon Dungeness Crab fishery. Coast Guard examiners will spot check for watertight...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coast Guard is investigating the report of a disabled vessel that is anchored off of Tongue Point, Ore., Monday. Coast Guard Sector Portland, Ore., marine inspectors and investigators are en route to the scene to conduct an inspection...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coast Guard is responding to pollution at Riverplace Marina in Portland, Sunday. Coast Guard Sector Portland responded to and boomed off a combination of gasoline and engine oil discharged into the water after a 24′ fiberglass pleasure...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Portland, Ore., has closed the Columbia River, Tillamook Bay, Ore., and Grays Harbor river bars Sunday due to hazardous conditions. The bar closures are for all vessels and any request to transit the...
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SEATTLE - The Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) are responding to the report of a 58-foot fishing vessel taking on water near Grays Harbor, Wash., Monday. At 6:45 a.m., Coast Guard Group/Air Astoria received a call from the fishing...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coast Guard established a safety zone Sunday on the Columbia River during a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers channel improvement project between Warrior Point and Bachelor Point near St. Helens, Ore. The Coast Guard Captain of the Port,...
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PORTLAND - The Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Washington Department of Ecology are beginning the process of removing hazardous materials aboard a derelict vessel on the Oregon side of the...
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October 9th, 2008 Portland - The Panamanian flagged motor vessel Ultra Ace scraped the bottom of the Columbia River Wednesday evening near CR mile 30. There was no apparent damage to the vessel and no water pollution was reported. The vessel returned...
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For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Marine Enforcement of Boating Under the Influence Stepped Up this Weekend "Operation Dry Water" Part of a Nationwide Effort Salem, OR -- Recreational boaters may want to think twice before reaching for that...
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February 23rd, 2009 SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued a 73-year-old man near Coos Bay, Ore., Sunday. _A Coast Guard watchstander at the Coos Bay lookout tower spotted a vessel overturned and a man in the water around 2:15 p.m. Station Coos Bay immediately...
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Rule Adopted for the Lower Willamette River On October 14, 2008 the Marine Board adopted the staff recommendation which proposed the following: "Based on the large body of public comment as well as direction from the Governor's office and the Department...
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SEATTLE - The 2008 boating season is still new but recreational boating fatalities have risen to nearly 18 percent higher than this time last year. As of today, there have been 28 reported recreational boating fatalities in the four Pacific Northwest...
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November 13th, 2008 SEATTLE — The Coast Guard assisted the Tillamook County, Ore., Fire Department in saving seven people who were stranded after their cars were swept off the road by flooding near Fawcett Creek, Ore., Wednesday night. Coast Guard Group...
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Boaters Must Not Operate 121.5/243 MHZ Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) after December 31, 2006 WASHINGTON - The Coast Guard Auxiliary is joining with the United States Coast Guard to remind all boaters that beginning January 1, 2007,...
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October 15th, 2008 USCG Pacific Northwest blog reports that: The waters of the Columbia River were glassy and calm Wednesday as members of Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick, Wash., installed an experimental, new, self-contained LED light into an ATON...
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PORTLAND, Ore. - Coast Guard Sector Portland, local law enforcement from Washington and Oregon, and various industry representatives are joining forces as part of the Operation Make Way campaign for the fifth consecutive year. Operation Make Way is a...
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Auxiliary Leadership Award March 21, 2008 Recently, The Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Thad Allen, released a memo to all Coast Guard members naming the recipient of the "Commodore Charles S. Greanoff Inspirational Leadership Award". This award...
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Former D13 Admiral Passes Away March 21, 2008 J. David Spade of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. Dave lost his 10-year battle with cancer after successfully and courageously...
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SEATTLE - The Coast Guard responded to the grounding of the sternwheeler Portland 1 1/2 miles east of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River near Portland, Ore., today. Coast Guard Sector Portland was notified around 5:30 p.m. that the 186-foot steel...
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