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At Port of Tacoma, unions step in to help foreign seafarers get paid

When grain-carrying ship ASL Uranus docked in the Port of Tacoma this month, 15 Burmese seafarers spoke up: They hadn’t been paid in full for seven months, unlike their Chinese and Vietnamese co-workers. Unions stepped in to help and ensure the workers’ safety.

Tribune News Service

Coast Guard halts Lake Huron search for debris from shot-down airborne object

DETROIT — Federal agencies have suspended a search for debris from the unidentified airborne object that a military fighter jet shot down Feb. 12 over Lake Huron after nothing could be recovered amid wintry conditions.

Tribune News Service

Coast Guard stops boat carrying more than 300 Haitians off Cuba

MIAMI — U.S. Coast Guard crews stopped a migrant boat carrying more than 300 people from Haiti offshore of Cuba, the agency said in a statement.

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Philippine coast guard accuses Chinese ship of using 'laser light'

Manila (AFP) - The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday accused a Chinese coastguard vessel of shining a "military-grade laser light" at one of its boats in the disputed South China Sea, temporarily blinding crew members.

AFP

U.S. blocks vessels from area near balloon shoot down

The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday it is imposing a temporary security zone in the waters off Surfside Beach, South Carolina in the area where the U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon.

Reuters

Man rescued from sea in viral video arrested for leaving fish at Goonies house

Police in Oregon have arrested a Canadian man who allegedly stole a yacht and had to be rescued by a Coast Guard swimmer

The Independent UK

Arrest made in stolen yacht rescue, 'Goonies' fish incident

Police in Oregon have arrested a Canadian man who allegedly stole a yacht and had to be rescued by a Coast Guard swimmer

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Watch rookie coast guard swimmer rescue sailor as massive wave crushes his yacht

The US Coast Guard triangulated where the distress call was coming from and launched nearby vessels and a chopper to the scene, where Petty Officer Michael Clark dived into the ocean to rescue a yacht captain as his vessel sank at the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and…

Daily Mirror

Man dies after falling from cliff while filming a TikTok video

The body of 27-year-old Indiana resident Edgar Garay was found on Tuesday by emergency dive crews

The Independent UK

U.S. shoots downs Chinese balloon off South Carolina coast

U.S. defense and military officials said Saturday that the balloon entered the U.S. air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28 and moved largely over land across Alaska and then into Canadian airspace in the Northwest Territories on Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Coast Guard makes dramatic rescue as wave rolls yacht

A newly minted Coast Guard rescue swimmer saved a man's life at the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington state just after a giant wave rolled the yacht he was piloting and threw him into the surf

The Independent UK

TikTok star dies after falling off 70ft coastal cliff while shooting videos

The young men fell off the 70ft high cliff in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, while trying to capture footage for social media despite warnings from his cousin to stay well clear of the cliff edge

Daily Mirror

Migrants in massive numbers try to reach Florida. What happens to their abandoned boats?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Grounded in sand bars, adrift in the sea or washed onto private beaches, the boats keep piling up: rafts made from Styrofoam, sailboats, hollowed-out drums attached to ironing boards.

Tribune News Service

Woman and dog rescued after being cut off from Sandymount Strand by tide while out for Sunday stroll

Heroic volunteers raced to the scene after they were alerted by the Irish Coast Guard

Irish Mirror

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Gardai investigate discovery of body on Clare beach

Gardaí and the Kilkee unit of the Irish Coast Guard presented to the scene at White Strand beach

Daily Mirror

Family rush to dramatic 'miracle' rescue of man from shark-infested waters

Dylan Gartenmayer said he could see sharks swimming as far as 10 feet away from him when he got lost off Florida's coast, yet he managed to stay safe and afloat

WEKU

Key West calling: Lexington couple preserves island's history on a floating museum

A Lexington couple moved to Key West 8 years ago and now they manage a floating museum on a Coast Guard ship

ABC News

Breaking of Bribie Island sparks asbestos and erosion fears, threatens to landlock Coast Guard

The breaking of Bribie Island has turned a deepwater passage into a treacherous maze of sandbars, led to the discovery of asbestos and is causing major headaches for residents and authorities.

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Irish Coast Guard help evacuate injured person from tanker in Dublin Bay

Emergency services rushed to the aid of a casualty on a tanker in Dublin Bay on Tuesday night

The Independent UK

Video captures family searching for missing son in shark-infested waters: ‘This is so scary and beautiful’

‘I’m crying, this is so freaking scary and beautiful,’ said one viewer of the now-viral TikToks

The Independent UK

Video captures moment mother found missing son lost in shark-infested waters: ‘What a miracle’

‘I’m crying, this is so freaking scary and beautiful,’ said one viewer of the now-viral TikToks

Miami Herald

Coast Guard stops boat with 400 Haitians off the Bahamas that was likely headed to Florida

The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a migrant boat carrying nearly 400 people from Haiti near an isolated island in the Bahamas, according to Bahamian officials.

Miami Herald

How a Coast Guard plane scoured islands looking for migrants — and what the crew found

CAY SAL BANK, Bahamas — High above a remote uninhabited Bahamian island, a U..S. Coast Guard air crew on patrol watches as a man and small child fish from a white-sand beach. A twin-outboard engine cabin cruiser is anchored in a cove just a few feet from shore.

The Independent UK

College wrestler goes missing after polar plunge off California beach

The Coast Guard will not be resuming its search for the student

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Possible whale sighting in Tokyo Bay

A marine creature believed to be a whale over five meters long was sighted in the waters near Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line's man-made island Kaze no To (tower of wind). The Yokohama Coast Guard is calling on vessels navigating Tokyo Bay to take precautions against colliding with the creature.

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