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MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to achieve historic milestone with offload over 76,140 lbs. in illegal narcotics at Port Everglades

Aug. 24, 2025 ·
 Press Release
The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a press conference, Monday, highlighting the largest cocaine offload...
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Coast Guard arrests captain of container ship in Seattle for boating under the influence

Aug. 23, 2025 ·
 Press Release
SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) arrested the captain of the motor vessel MSC Jubilee IX...
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A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew breaks off behind U.S. Coast Guard Station Sand Key boat crews during training in Sand Key, Florida, Aug. 13, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg units carry out operational missions and are composed of over 825 Active Duty and Reserve Military Members, 27 Civilian, and 1800 Auxiliary personnel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Riley Perkofski)

Multimedia Release: Coast Guard Station Sand Key and Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater conduct search and rescue training

Aug. 22, 2025 ·
 Press Release
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter aircrew conducts search and rescue training...
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Coast Guard, partners conduct joint operation to disrupt illicit maritime activity in Delaware

Aug. 22, 2025 ·
 Press Release
A law enforcement team from Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay’s enforcement division led a joint operation with...
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Operation Ika Moana participants approach Samoa Police Headquarters in Apia, Samoa, Aug. 12, 2025. The Samoan Police Maritime Wing hosted Operation Ika Moana, a collaborative maritime surveillance initiative intended to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and transnational crimes across Oceania. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Coast Guard, partners conclude Operation Ika Moana in Samoa

Aug. 22, 2025 ·
 Press Release
HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard concluded participation in Operation Ika Moana, a maritime surveillance...
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Draft restriction remains in place on Patapsco River following W-Sapphire incident

Aug. 20, 2025 ·
 Press Release
Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region personnel, in coordination with partner agencies, are...
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Coast Guard rescues man from capsized skiff in Corpus Christi,Texas

Aug. 20, 2025 ·
 Press Release
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard rescued an adult man in the water from a capsized skiff in Redfish Bay...
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The safety zone for all navigable waters of the Chesapeake Bay within a 2000-yard radius of a hatch cover with an estimated position of 39.20692 N 76.51733 W has been discontinued. The safety zone for all navigable waters of the Chesapeake Bay within a 500-yard radius of the vessel W-SAPPHIRE anchored in position 39.02333 N 76.36833 W, Figure 01, remains in effect. A draft restriction of a maximum navigational draft of 46.6-feet for all vessels transiting within a 500-yards radius of the location of the hatch cover in position of 39.20865 N 076.52017 W, Figure 02, has been established due to it’s depth of 49.7-feet at MLL. An intermittent safety zone for all navigable waters of the Chesapeake Bay within a 500-yard radius of the location ofthe hatch cover from the vessel W-SAPPHIRE in position of 39.20865 N 076.52017 W, Figure 02, will be activated during dive and salvage operations. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy asset)

Coast Guard updates safety zones and draft restrictions following W-Sapphire incident

Aug. 19, 2025 ·
 Press Release
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard continues its response to the W-Sapphire incident in the Chesapeake Bay Tuesday,...
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