KODIAK – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew medevaced a man from the fishing vessel Devotion 34 miles southwest of Cordova, Alaska, Saturday. To better facilitate the hoist, a 51-year-old man from the Devotion was transferred to a nearby tug. The Jayhawk’s aircrew safely hoisted the man and transported him to Cordova, […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is working alongside state and local agencies to determine the path forward for the tug Lumberman anchored in the Gastineau Channel of Juneau. Representatives from the Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Alaska Department of Law, City and Borough of Juneau and the […]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter crew medevaced a man from an 83-foot tugboat Wednesday morning in Chatham Strait. An Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted a 61-year-old man from the tugboat Maia H 34 miles east of Sitka. After the aircrew hoisted the man from the Maia H, […]
VALDEZ – Crowley Maritime Corp. assisted the Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) to win a three-year grant that will help students develop skills to successfully establish careers in the maritime industry. AVTEC, with the help of Crowley’s marine services group in Valdez, Alaska, serving as lead industry partner, won a Carl Perkins Post-Secondary Grant from the […]
After being towed to the Rock Dump after she was raised from the Gastineau Channel in late February, demolition of the tug Challenger began on Monday with the removal of her pilot house. The demolition work is being performed by Southeast Underwater Services with the oversight of Global Diving and Salvage, Inc. Recovery of 437 […]
The World War II-era Tugboat, that sank in Gastineau Channel in September of 2015, has been successfully raised and moved, the Coast Guard reported on Tuesday. The 96-foot tugboat, the “Challenger,” which was originally designated the “TP(tug/passenger)-126,” then after decommissioning, later re-named the Island Challenger,” was shifted to shallower water on Tuesday, the Coast Guard […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The U.S. Coast Guard received approval for removal and destruction of tugboat Challenger under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWCPA). An incident command will be established and operations will begin Monday, Feb. 1, to manage the removal of the tugboat that sank in Juneau’s Gastineau Channel Sept. 12, 2015. The operation […]
Coast Guard Sector Juneau responders went to the scene of a sunken tug boat in Gastineau Channel on Sunday and deployed oil containment boom around the vessel that had sunk the day before, the Coast Guard reports. On Saturday, the 96-foot tug Challenger sunk in the channel while at anchor there according to reports. The […]
The Alaska Department of Conservation reported on Wednesday night that a tug, the Devon, operating on the Nushagak River in Western Alaska had struck an underwater obstacle, possibly a rock and had leaked some 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the river there. Although the ruptured tank carried 7,400 gallons of fuel, the crew was […]