The U.S. Coast Guard chose an unusual, yet effective, tactic for dealing with the grounding of a fuel-laden freighter off Coos Bay, Oregon, on Feb. 4, 1999.
One important item in the surface water rescue standard (as in all the others) is the choice and utilization of the appropriate PPE.
About 630 gallons of crude oil discharged into Tabbs Bay in east Houston from an out-of-service wellhead is contained and in the process of being removed, the U.S. Coast Guard reports.
The fuel-laden freighter ran aground off the shoreline of Coos Bay, Oregon on Feb. 4, 1999, and triggered an unusual maritime response that involved setting fire to the ship's cargo.
Environmental group points to health hazards attributed to clean-up agents.
Delgado Community College Maritime and Industrial Training Center in New Orleans East is making final preparations to open its new two-story, 19,000-square-foot education facility.
Fire prop valves at Delgado Fire School are fully functional.
A hazmat emergency involving a shipping container shut down North America’s third largest port facility.
An oil slick that spread across thousands of miles of the Gulf of Mexico drew upon two of the leading names in industrial fire protection — Williams Fire & Hazard Control and Wild Well Control.
Capsized acid barge in Texas gives the U.S. Coast Guard a giant 10-day pain.
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