HOUSTON (Reuters) - Crude oil tanker ships were temporarily unable to reach the five Houston-area refineries on Monday after a seven-mile section of the Houston Ship Channel was shut by the U.S. Coast Guard for the search for a person who jumped or fell from a bridge over the waterway. Full story
The U.S. Coast Guard has cited the owner of a protest boat that violated a 200-yard safety zone at the Port of Kalama, Wash. Full story
(Reuters) - Barge shipping on the Illinois River and parts of the Mississippi River will remain impeded until at least early next week as the flood-swollen waterways slowly recede from record- or near-record-high crests, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers. Full story
(Reuters) - Commercial shipping traffic was moving again on the Mississippi River south of St. Louis after a pair of barge accidents that forced the U.S. Coast Guard to close the waterway over the weekend, but navigation remained severely impaired further north. Full story
The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Sunday (April 21) that it was suspending the search for four fishermen whose boat is believed to have been destroyed by a rogue wave. Full story
MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - Rescue workers suspended their search on Thursday for an Alabama shipyard worker who was thrown into the Mobile River by strong winds that also caused a Carnival Corp cruise ship to break loose from its moorings. Full story
The U.S. Coast Guard reports the Carnival Dream has lost power, and the ship is docked in Saint Maarten, reports CNBC's Simon Hobbs.
Captain Gordon Loebl, U.S. Coast Guard, discusses rescue and recovery efforts at sea after Super Storm Sandy.
The U.S. Coast Guard is indicating that a new oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is consistant with the same kind of oil that is produced by the Deepwater Horizon well. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
TODAY’s Al Roker chats with Rear Admiral William Baumgartner, commander of the district featured on The Weather Channel’s new show “Coast Guard Florida,” which takes a look at the men and women protecting our borders and intercepting drug boats.
Costa Rica's Coast Guard secured at least 1,532 pounds of cocaine in a joint operation with the U.S. Coast Guard. NBCNews.com’s Richard Lui reports.
Crew aboard a commercial fishing boat , portraying a U.S. Coast Guard vessel engages in mock combat with a sailboat during the Great Battle for the Conch Republic in Key West, Florida, April 26, 2013. For 30 years, a real Coast Guard vessel and its crew have participated in the event, but sequestrat
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Todd George, assigned to a disaster assistance response team with Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities, wades through a flooded area of Forest View, Illinois, April 20, 2013. The team supported other local agencies with evacuations and going door to door to c
This Thursday, April 18, 2013 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the dam in Marseilles, Ill., after seven barges broke free from a tow and came to rest against the dam. Rapid currents from this week's heavy rainstorms are blamed for the incident. The Coast Guard says the dam sustained mino
