Tagged: Coast Guard

Oil Barge Construction
5:41 am
Tue August 7, 2012

Coast Guard: Much Work Remains On Arctic Oil-Spill Barge

Credit Photo by John Ryan / KUOW
Shell's Arctic Challenger barge under construction on the Bellingham waterfront.

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday that hundreds of tasks remain in the construction of an overdue oil-spill barge. As KUOW's John Ryan reports, Arctic drilling is on hold until the construction project in Bellingham wraps up.

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Japanese Ghost Ship
3:34 pm
Fri April 6, 2012

Coast Guard Watching Sheen After Sinking 'Ghost Ship'

Credit Photo credit: U.S. Coast Guard / Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard
Ryou-un Maru, the derelict fishing vessel sank at 6:15 pm in 6,000 feet of water.

The Coast Guard is watching for fuel and debris from a derelict Japanese fishing vessel it sank off the coast of Southeast Alaska on Thursday.

Kip Wadlow is with the agency’s public affairs office. He says all that was spotted was a small sheen. But he expected that to dissipate quickly.

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