Bert Samuels.
Attorney-at-law Bert Samuels is seeking immediate answers into whether four Jamaicans arrested at sea by the United States Coast Guard were “kidnapped” under the veil of the Shiprider Agreement two months ago.
His query has to do with the recent demolition at sea of the Jamaican-registered vessel
Lady Lawla and the taking into custody of its four-man Jamaican crew, who are yet to be repatriated even after a judge in the Southern District Court of Florida ruled that their detention be terminated.
The men, Anthony Clark (captain), Radcliffe Simmons, Howard Patterson and Warren Rowe, remain in US custody.
USCG vessel spills oil in Alaska December 28, 2020, by Naida Hakirevic
A United States Coast Guard (USCG) ship has spilled hydraulic oil into the sea in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska.
On 26 December, USCG said it responded
“to a report of a discharge of hydraulic oil from Coast Guard Cutter Spar”. The initial report was received at around 9:40 a.m. (local time).
The exact amount of oil discharged from the buoy tender was unknown but the tank had a maximum capacity of about 914 gallons, according to the coast guard.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Incident Management Division and Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) Kodiak personnel are monitoring the cleanup which has been contracted to Choctaw Defense Services (CDS).
The US Coast Guard said it has so far interdicted about 150 Haitian migrants - CMC photo
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew from the Cutter Resolute repatriated 110 Haitian migrants on Tuesday after stopping a voyage about 50 miles north of Cap-Haitien, Haiti. “A forward-deployed Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted a 40-foot vessel Friday overloaded with people,” the US Coast Guard said. “Resolute’s crew diverted and brought the people aboard out of an abundance of caution for the safety of life at sea.” “I could not be prouder of the crew for safely interdicting and deterring migrant ventures through coordinated efforts to enforce US and partner nation treaties and laws,” said Justin Vanden Heuvel, commander of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute.
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STANDALONE PHOTO The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder breaks ice near a windsled Wednesday, April 3, 2013 near the harbor in Bayfield, Wis. on Lake Superior. The Madeline Island ferry plans to resume running on Friday. Most traffic across Lake Superior between Bayfield and Madeline Island is either via the ferry or, in the depths of winter, the ice road. But when the ice is either breaking up or settling into its winter thickness, people can get across only by the wind sled - an enclosed boat-hulled craft with huge fans on the back that push the vehicle across the shifting ice.. The wind sleds are usually in action for 10 to 14 days at the beginning of winter and about a week in the spring, though the duration varies each year. MARK HOFFMAN/MHOFFMAN@JOURNALSENTINEL.COM