ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Alaska Air National Guard conducted a complex, long-range medevac of a 58-year-old man from a container ship approximately 58 miles south of Adak, Wednesday. Coast Guard Arctic District watchstanders received a medevac request at approximately 6 a.m. Tuesday from the crew of the 991-foot Japanese-flagged container ship […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued a man Monday after his boat reportedly sank near Murder Cove. The survivor was reported to be in stable condition. Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska watchstanders received a report at 10:28 a.m. Monday that a boater was last heard from near Murder Cove at approximately 6 a.m. Sunday aboard the 40-foot wooden fishing vessel Tyee. The boater reportedly departed Sitka Friday and intended to arrive in Ketchikan on Monday evening or Tuesday. After unsuccessful attempts to contact him […]
WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard awarded a $315 million contract Sept. 11 to Tutor Perini Corp. to design and construct a new fuel pier and major cutter mooring at Base Kodiak, strengthening shore infrastructure to support Coast Guard operations in Alaska and the Arctic. The project will deliver a new fuel pier capable of receiving fuel […]
WHITTIER, Alaska — The Coast Guard is conducting pollution assessments and a marine casualty investigation following a fire Monday at the north cruise ship terminal in Whittier. There were no reported injuries. State and local authorities are investigating the cause of the fire. Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic Command Center watchstanders received […]