CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas boat captain and four illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic were in federal court on Thursday to hear the charges against them. Shawn A. Callwood, 36, of St. Thomas, Glenys Gruz-Calcano, 28, Anyi Paola Calcano, 19, Luis Alberto Pimentel Gautier, 42, and Rafael Morales-Osoria, 35, all of Dominican Republic, […]
Tag: U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard Tall Ship ‘Eagle’ To Visit St. Thomas on Patrol For Community Outreach
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Coast Guard Tall Ship Eagle will kick off its 2018 summer patrol of cadet training and community outreach by making its first port stop at St. Thomas. Called “America’s Tall Ship,” this three-masted barque is the largest tall ship flying the American flag and the only active square-rigger in U.S. government service. […]
U.S. Coast Guard Enlisted Person of The Year Was Deployed To St. Croix After Hurricane Maria
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN DIEGO — Two California-based Coast Guard petty officers were honored as the 2017 active-duty and reserve enlisted person of the year for the service’s Pacific Southwest region during a ceremony Thursday in Alameda. Petty Officer 2nd Class David Holland, an active-duty maritime enforcement specialist assigned to the Coast Guard Pacific […]
U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Two Boaters From Water 32 Miles South of St. Croix
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two boaters from the sea about 32 miles south of St. Croix on Thursday. According to the Coast Guard, the crew of the sailing vessel, Summer Star, notified Coast Guard Sector San Juan watchstanders at approximately 6:48 a.m. that they had abandoned their sinking […]
SHIP SHAPE? Filthy Cruise Ships Failing Record Number of Cleaning Inspections … And It’s Making People Sick
MIAMI — Cruise lines have never had a cleanliness problem this big. In 2017, cruise lines failed their sanitation inspections at the highest rate ever since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s Vessel Sanitation Program started holding cruise ships to its Operations Manual guidelines in 1990. Fifteen ships earned failing scores last year, a figure that […]
HAVING A ‘SWELL’ TIME IN PARADISE: Thirty Foot High Waves Hit Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — Waves nearly 30 feet high from a U.S. winter storm slammed into Puerto Rico today, forcing authorities to evacuate dozens of families and close roads and schools across the U.S. commonwealth. Huge waves downed palm trees, knocked over cement benches and forced curious crowds to flee as saltwater […]
FBI Charges British Engineer With Murder After Wife Disappears At Sea Between Cuba and Florida
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — A British engineer has been charged by the FBI with murdering his wife after she disappeared at sea as they cruised around the Bahamas on a belated honeymoon. Lewis Bennett, 41, who holds dual British and Australian citizenship and is originally from Poole, Dorset, was accused of second-degree murder […]
U.S. Coast Guard Cleanup of Abandoned Boats In Water Moves To St. John
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CRUZ BAY — U.S. Coast Guard Petty officer Jake DiPaola arrived on St. John about a week after Hurricane Maria. In Coral Bay, on the island’s eastern end, DiPaola says the marina was … “a mess.” “There were two sailboats right here,” he says, while standing on the water’s edge. […]
Ferrol Trucking Vessel Runs Aground In East Gregory Channel St. Thomas Today … Coast Guard Is On Scene
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A cargo vessel owned by Ferrol Trucking has run aground in the St. Thomas harbor, the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. No injuries have been reported. The U.S. Coast Guard said its alert station in San Juan was contacted at about 5 a.m. today by St. […]
Coast Guard and DPNR Wrap Up Boat Salvage Operations in St. Croix on Monday
V.I. Free Press photo by GARY DAVIDSON https://www.facebook.com/DreamlifePhotographySTX/ CHRISTIANSTED — The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR), the U.S. Coast Guard and salvage contractors completed vessel salvage operations on St. Croix, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. In accordance with the Emergency Support Function-10 (ESF-10) for oil and hazardous materials incidents, vessels and pollutants […]