(south coast today) A tragic combination of circumstances led to the fatal capsizing and
sinking one year ago of the Costa & Corvo, a New Bedford fishing
boat, claiming the life of its captain, Antonio Mesquita, the Coast
Guard announced Friday.  Source

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• Coast Guard released the names of boat fire

     (coastguardnews)  The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the fire aboard the shrimp boat Kelly Rose after it caught fire Sep. 2, 2009, causing the two crewmembers aboard to abandon ship in a life raft.  Source

• Pirates Attack Tanker NC Stream from Guinea coast

    Tanker NS Stream owned by Novoship JSC was attacked by pirates off the coast of Guinea on Saturday night, the shipping company reports. According to captain NS Stream, the incident occurred when the vessel was 60 miles offshore the port of Conakry.

• Coast Guard responds to boat fire Wallapa Bay

     (coastguardnews)  Coast Guard crews responded to a boat fire approximately 40 miles from the coast of Wallapa Bay, Wash., Monday.  Source

• Couple rescued 2 hours after boat capsized

     (coastguardnews)  Two people are safe despite spending more than two hours in the water without life jackets after their boat capsized about 10 miles northwest of Racepoint, off the northern tip of Cape Cod Mass., Monday. Source

• Coast Guard continues the investigation of Charleston Harbor Boat Collision

     (coastguardnews)  The Coast Guard is continuing its investigation into the vessel collision between a Coast Guard 25-foot response boat and the Thriller, a commercial power catamaran, which collided in Charleston Harbor Saturday at approximately 8:30 p.m.  Source

• 3 missing after fishing boat sinks off the coast of New Jersey

     (philly)  The Coast Guard has identified three fishermen who are missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southern New Jersey.  Source

• Fishing boat and five crew members rescued

     (BBC) A fishing boat was saved after a major rescue operation off the coast of Fraserburgh.  Source

• Pirates kill seaman W. Africa to attack tankers

    Pirates attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian officer before escaping with the contents of the ship’s safe, the ship’s owners and Benin’s navy commander said Tuesday. Commander Maxime Ahoyo said the officer on the Monrovia-flagged Cancale Star was shot dead when he confronted

• Coast Guard rescues 2 in the vicinity of Little Egg Inlet, NJ

     (coastguardnews)  The Coast Guard rescued two people aboard a 40-foot boat near Little Egg Inlet, N.J., Monday.  Source

• Coast Guard medevacs crew of tugboats in the vicinity of Brooklyn

     (coastguardnews) The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 52-year-old crewmember from a tug boat near Brooklyn, N.Y., at 4 p.m. today.  Source

• Coast Guard rescues man after boat grounds on rocks near Stonington, Conn.

     (coastguardnews) A Wilmington, N.C., native was rescued by the Coast Guard after his boat grounded on rocks in Bartlett’s Reef near Stonington, Conn., around 6:45 a.m.

• Superyacht Business is booming

     (nbcsandiego)Five months ago, you wouldn’t have seen 150’ boat in the San Diego Bay. Now, even a 250’ boat isn’t a rarity, according to organizers for this weekend’s Yacht Fest.   Source

• Venezuela helps U.S. use of cocaine-laden vessel

     (AP)  Venezuela says its collaboration with U.S. authorities led to the seizure of about a ton of cocaine aboard a ship in the Caribbean Sea.  Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says the U.S. Coast Guard discovered the cocaine on a boat off Venezuela’s coast after Venezuelan officials gave them permission to board

• Venezuela helps U.S. use of cocaine-laden vessel

     (AP)  Venezuela says its collaboration with U.S. authorities led to the seizure of about a ton of cocaine aboard a ship in the Caribbean Sea.  Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says the U.S. Coast Guard discovered the cocaine on a boat off Venezuela’s coast after Venezuelan officials gave them permission to board

• Inter manager welcomed Capt. Charles Vanderperre

    InterManager, the international association of in-house and third party ship managers, has paid tribute to the life and memory of Captain Charles Vanderperre, the founder of Univan Ship Management and the long-accredited grandfather of modern day third party shipmanagement, who died last week at the age of 88. In a statement, Guy Morel,