Authorities have now found a total of five bodies, leaving 34 missing five days after the vesselcapsized on the way to Florida from Bimini, a chain of islands in the Bahamas about 55 miles (88 kilometers) east of Miami. Coast Guard Capt. Jo-Ann F. Burdian said the decision to suspend...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - The Coast Guard says it has found four more bodies in its search for nearly 40 migrants lost at sea off the east coast of Florida after their boat capsized in severe weather over the weekend. With the death toll at five, 34 people remain missing....
The article reports on the establishment of the first Cruise Ship Center of Expertise (COE) on September 30, 2008 by the U.S. Coast Guard in Miami, Florida. COE will focus on cruise ship industry which is projected to support other Coast Guard commands across the country and overseas that...
The Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South), based in Key West, Florida, is in charge of tracking and monitoring aerial and maritime drug transits. When interdiction is about to happen, control is given to the United States Coast Guard’s Seventh District, headquartered in Miami, whi...
The Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection interdicted seven migrants, a suspected smuggler and 67 packages of marijuana Thursday approximately 7 miles east of Government Cut. (Coast Guard image) MIAMI, FLORIDA – The Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection int...
Coast Guard Sector Key West investigating officers halted an illegal passenger vessel near Key West, Florida, July 8, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) MIAMI — Coast Guard Sector Key West investigation officers stopped an illegal passenger vessel Friday near Key West. ...
Coast Guard in the 1940's. He gained considerable maritime knowledge during his service and following his discharge founded Miami Cordage, which started out as a distributor of rope and marine products. In the 1960's Miami Cordage started selling rope to the U.S. Coast Guard and, as the ...
The cause of the capsizing is under investigation. Last month, seven adults and a child were rescued by the Coast Guard when their boat capsized 36 miles off the coast of Boca Grande, Florida, CBS Miamireported.
Coast′ Guard` n. 1.a U.S. military service charged with enforcing maritime laws, saving lives and property at sea, etc., and which in wartime may augment the navy. 2.(l.c.) any similar organization for aiding navigation, preventing smuggling, etc. ...
Updated on: December 3, 2024 / 3:46 PM EST / CBS Miami FORT LAUDERDALE - The U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuated a passenger aboard the Celebrity Apex cruise ship that left Port Everglades earlier in the week and was about 130 miles off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The patien...