Houston-based marine projects specialist Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) has expanded its fleet of vessels following the delivery of two new workboats built by Conrad Shipyard of Morgan City, Louisiana. Cape Hatteras and Cape Canaveral belong to a series of shallow-draught workboats designed by Netherlands-based the Damen Shipyards Group to perform numerous roles […]
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Coast Guard ends search for tanker crew member
The U.S. Coast Guard has ended its search for a missing tanker crewman who was reported overboard off the coast of North Carolina.
The Coast Guard said Friday evening that aircrews aboard HC-130 Hercules aircraft had flown 22 sorties for a combined period of 45 hours over a search area of about 4,000 square miles.
The Coast Guard’s Fifth District command center received a report Wednesday afternoon that a man had gone overboard from the Hellas Gladiator 400 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
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Breaking News: Coast Guard searching for tanker crew member
The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday afternoon that it was searching for a crew member of a tanker ship about 400 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
The crew member went overboard from the Hellas Gladiator, the Coast Guard said.
An Air Station Elizabeth City HC-130 Hercules aircraft was launched to search for the crew member.
The Hellas Gladiator, a liquefied petroleum gas tanker, reportedly departed the Port of Freeport in Texas on Friday and was en route to Terneuzen in the...
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Man and Wife Airlifted from Cruise Ship 100 Miles Off Cape Hatteras
According to an article published by CBS17, the U.S. Coast Guard airlifted a 55-year-old Canadian man from a cruise ship 100 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras.
What happened?On 14th JuneWatchstanders at the Coast Guard’s 5th District command center in Portsmouth, Virginia, initially received the report via a phone call from personnel aboard the cruise ship Anthem of the Seas, who stated that one of their passengers had reportedly been suffering from abdominal pain.
Patient airliftedWatchstanders...
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