The 751-foot cargo vessel reportedly ran aground near Skamokawa, Washington at 7:49 p.m. on Friday evening. It then refloated, traveled a few miles upstream and grounded again while at anchor. The Coast Guard conducted an overflight of the grounded motor vessel Friday night, and will arrange another as weather conditions…
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State Ferries Crew Member from Chimacum Honored for Life-Saving Action
John McMillen, who grew up in Chimacum, Washington, was honored on the M/V KENNEWICK as the ferry traveled between Port Townsend and Coupeville. McMillen was given the Life Ring award for his role in saving a man’s life earlier this month. On July 17th, McMillen used an automated external defibrillator…
SALMON BAY OIL SPILL RESPONSE CONTINUES IN SEATTLE
On Labor Day 2014, the U.S. Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology received word that oil, as well as strong petroleum odors, had appeared in the Ballard Mill Marina on Salmon Bay. The Coast Guard and Department of Ecology have established a unified command to oversee the plan and…
The Washington State Maritime Cluster Economic Impact Study – Washington State Maritime Industry – $30 Billion in 2012 Revenues
Community Attributes, a Seattle-based research firm, has just released their “Washington State Maritime Cluster Economic Impact Study.” Maritime history in our region, most notably fishing and trade, began when the first people settled here many thousands of years ago, followed by European and American expansion, and since then, we’ve experienced…
Woman Killed On Seattle Construction Barge
A Seattle woman has been killed aboard a construction barge in Seattle. The woman’s relationship to the construction barge working in Seattle’s Elliott Bay is unknown. The death was reportedly the result of the woman being hit in the head by a crane on the barge. The barge was moored…
Coast Guard Medevacs Man with Severe Head Injury
Coast Guard Station Provincetown and Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod responded and medevaced a man on board the 67-foot fishing vessel Sao Jacinto, two- and-a-half miles west of race point near Provincetown, Mass. The injured man on board the New Bedford, Ma. fishing vessel is Orlando Costa, 42. He…