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Aug. 22, 2025

Coast Guard, partners conduct joint operation to disrupt illicit maritime activity in Delaware

A law enforcement team from Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay’s enforcement division led a joint operation with local, state, and federal agencies to ensure compliance with federal regulations at the Port of Wilmington, Tuesday.

Operation Ika Moana participants approach Samoa Police Headquarters in Apia, Samoa, Aug. 12, 2025. The Samoan Police Maritime Wing hosted Operation Ika Moana, a collaborative maritime surveillance initiative intended to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and transnational crimes across Oceania. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 22, 2025

Coast Guard, partners conclude Operation Ika Moana in Samoa

HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard concluded participation in Operation Ika Moana, a maritime surveillance initiative hosted by the Samoan Police Maritime Wing in conjunction with the Pacific Maritime Security Program in Apia, Samoa, Aug. 8-14.

Aug. 20, 2025

Draft restriction remains in place on Patapsco River following W-Sapphire incident

Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region personnel, in coordination with partner agencies, are actively engaged in salvage planning, Wednesday, to recover the hatch cover that detached during the explosion aboard the motor vessel W-Sapphire in the Baltimore Harbor.

Aug. 20, 2025

Coast Guard rescues man from capsized skiff in Corpus Christi,Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard rescued an adult man in the water from a capsized skiff in Redfish Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday afternoon.

The safety zone for all navigable waters of the Chesapeake Bay within a 2000-yard radius of a hatch cover with an estimated position of 39.20692 N 76.51733 W has been discontinued.

The safety zone for all navigable waters of the Chesapeake Bay within a 500-yard radius of the vessel W-SAPPHIRE anchored in position 39.02333 N 76.36833 W, Figure 01, remains in effect.

A draft restriction of a maximum navigational draft of 46.6-feet for all vessels transiting within a 500-yards radius of the location of the hatch cover in position of 39.20865 N 076.52017 W, Figure 02, has been established due to it’s depth of 49.7-feet at MLL.

An intermittent safety zone for all navigable waters of the Chesapeake Bay within a 500-yard radius of the location ofthe hatch cover from the vessel W-SAPPHIRE in position of 39.20865 N 076.52017 W, Figure 02, will be activated during dive and salvage operations.

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Aug. 19, 2025

Coast Guard updates safety zones and draft restrictions following W-Sapphire incident

BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard continues its response to the W-Sapphire incident in the Chesapeake Bay Tuesday, with updated measures in place to ensure the safety of personnel, vessels, and the marine environment.

Aug. 19, 2025

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to discuss salvage of grounded passenger vessel in Honolulu

WHO: Coast Guard Sector Honolulu WHAT: Coast Guard representatives will discuss the salvage of the Discovery, a 75-foot passenger vessel that ran aground in Kewalo Basin on Aug. 9 WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 9:30 a.m. WHERE: Kewalo Basin Harbor, 1125 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96814

Aug. 19, 2025

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to host Robotics and Autonomous Systems Expo

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard will host the "Coast Guard Robotic Systems Expo: A Force Design

Aug. 19, 2025

Coast Guard establishes new Program Executive Office dedicated to robotics and autonomous systems

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday the Initial Operating Capability of the Robotics

Aug. 19, 2025

Coast Guard East District units prepare for Hurricane Erin

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Crews around the Coast Guard’s East District are preparing for the potential impacts of Hurricane Erin, Tuesday. Aircrews, cutters, boat crews, and command centers across the region are actively staging and preparing to respond to any potential impacts from the storm.

The Patapsco River has been closed to all vessel traffic between position coordinates 39°11.70'N, 076°31.71'W, near Swan Creek, and 39°12.6'N, 076°29.74'W, near Sparrows Point, and extending up to the former location of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Aug 18, 2025. The closure was due to debris from an explosion on the M/V W-Sapphire.

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Aug. 19, 2025

Update: Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to vessel explosion in Baltimore Harbor

BALTIMORE — Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region personnel and partner agencies continue to respond to the explosion aboard the W-Sapphire in the Baltimore Harbor, Tuesday.