U.S. Coast Guard

United States Coast Guard officials intercepted 16 migrants traveling on what looked like a homemade boat and repatriated them back to Cuba.

“The largest crane on the East Coast ” has arrived in Baltimore to start clearing away the twisted wreckage of the Scott Key Bridge.

It is thought the four remaining victims may now be entombed in vehicles below the wreckage of the bridge.

The rescue effort for a six-year-old Pennsylvania girl who was swept away by a rushing creek is now a recovery mission, officials announced.

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Monday an out of control lithium-ion battery fire on a cargo ship is out after days of burning off the coast of Alaska.

A heroic U.S. Coast Guard team rescued four fishermen and a dog after they lost control of their boat off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday.

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) intercepted more than 18,000 pounds of cocaine in six drug busts in November, officials announced Wednesday.

Further “presumed human remains,” along with debris from the OceanGate Titan sub, have been recovered from the ocean floor, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.

A man who was with a large group celebrating a wedding was reported missing near California’s Bay Area after being attacked by a shark, authorities said.

The United States and Ecuador signed an agreement to fight against transnational maritime activities, such as illegal Chinese fishing ships.

Twenty-five-year-old Charles Gregory was enjoying a fishing trip early Friday off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida, when he found himself in dire need of help.

A Florida deputy is receiving praise for a “badass” moment of heroism caught on tape, as he jumped on a runaway boat traveling over 40 miles per hour after its driver fell off.

OceanGate has said it is suspending all “exploration and commercial operations” following the Titan submersible implosion that resulted in the death of the company’s CEO and four others attempting to visit the wreck of the Titanic.

Canadian officials are investigating voice recordings and data from the perished Titan’s mothership, according to reports on Saturday.

A submersible expert said he heard “cracking noises” while aboard the Titan off the coast of the Bahamas in 2019.

‘Banging’ detected by rescuers in the hunt for the missing Titan submarine appears to have been just “background ocean noise”, says Admiral.

U.S. Coast Guard crews in the southeast district apprehended more than 11,000 Cuban and Haitian migrants since the beginning of Fiscal Year 23. The vast majority of the migrants apprehended at sea are repatriated to their home nation.

Migrants continue the dangerous practice of crossing the Straits of Florida in small homemade boats. The boats are usually overloaded with migrants attempting to make their way from Cuba and Haiti to the United States.

Two people were fishing off the coast of Longboat Key, Florida, recently when they came upon a group in desperate need of help.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew spotted a sailing vessel in the Caribbean headed to the United States. with a large group of migrants onboard. The aircrew directed U.S. Coast Guard crews to intercept the vessel headed to the United States with more than 200 migrants on the severely overloaded boat.

Coast Guard crews continue searching for a migrant who went missing after falling off a makeshift boat near the Florida Keys. Crews received information regarding migrants in the water and rescued 28 from the sea and a, un-seaworthy vessel.

A panel of experts testifying to members of Congress at an in-district hearing in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Thursday warned that offshore wind projects actively promoted and subsidized by state and national Democrats could greatly interfere with radar and navigation in the Atlantic Ocean, creating a national security threat.

A group of migrants on an overloaded sailing vessel threatened to harm young children as a Coast Guard cutter approached to interdict the smuggling attempt. The crew backed off to allow for de-escalation but later took the group into custody.

Miami Sector Border Patrol agents and Coast Guard crews continue to interdict migrants who are part of the record-setting surge along the Florida coast. Miami Sector agents apprehended more migrants in the first four months of FY23 than they did during the entire previous year.

Outraged lawmakers are protesting a Biden administration plan to allow Cuban regime agents to tour “sensitive national security facilities.”

U.S. Coast Guard crews repatriated 311 migrants to their home country after a human smuggling interdiction at sea. The crews found the large group of Haitian migrants on an overloaded boat off the coast of Cuba.

A large cargo vessel spotted a tiny makeshift raft floating in the Gulf of Mexico with eight Cuban migrants on board. The ship’s crew made the discovery approximately 400 miles at sea from Mobile, Alabama.

CBP Air and Marine Operations agents responded to a reported migrant landing in Tavernier Key, Florida, and encountered a large group of migrants who arrived by sea. The migrants utilized a small sailing to make the journey from Haiti.

Migrant apprehensions along the Florida coastline during the first four months of Fiscal Year 23 exceeded the count for the entire Fiscal Year 22. Agents in the Miami Sector apprehended 4,681 migrants since October 1, 2022.

An overloaded sailboat crammed with 100 people from Haiti came near shore Thursday morning in the Florida Keys prompting an urgent response from local law enforcement agencies.

The border crisis expanded to Florida in recent months as officials in the Miami Sector report a massive increase in migrant landings. During the first four months of FY23, Miami Sector agents encountered more migrants than for the entire FY22.

U.S. Coast Guardsmen rescued nearly 300 migrants attempting to flee Haiti on a sailing vessel. Photos show the migrants packed on the deck of the overloaded boat.

U.S. Coast Guardsman interdicted an overloaded sailboat in Bahamanian waters on January 21. Coast Guard officials found the vessel after rescuing one Haitian migrant who reportedly fell overboard.

U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued a group of 45 migrants packed onto an overloaded sailboat. Photos and video show smugglers loaded the migrants onto the boat without life jackets.

U.S. Coast Guard authorities repatriated 270 Cuban and Haitian migrants to their home countries on Monday. The migrants were encountered on makeshift boats.

In response to the escalating migrant surge on the Florida coast, Governor Ron DeSantis ordered the deployment of the state’s National Guard. The governor ordered the mobilization of soldiers, airmen, equipment, and aircraft to assist federal agencies.