On or about 13 Jan 2020, the U.S. Coast Guard will begin discontinuing four aids to navigation (ATON) along the Virginia Coast: Winter Quarter Shoal Lighted Buoy 6 (LLNR 270)Parramore Bank Lighted Buoy 10 (LLNR 315)Hog Island Lighted Buoy 12 … Continued
Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads has changed its name to Coast Guard Sector Virginia. This change recognizes the responsibility the sector has for all Coast Guard mission areas across many of the coastal areas, bays, rivers, and lakes that are … Continued
After responding to over 700 false alerts in 2018, the U.S. Coast Guard is urging anyone with an emergency position indicating radio beacon to properly register their device. An EPIRB is a device that transmits a distress signal to a … Continued
North Atlantic right whales are migrating south along the Atlantic coast, according to recent announcements from the U.S Coast Guard, NOAA Fisheries, and state agencies. Right whales are slow moving and at risk of serious injury or death due to … Continued
The Coast Guard Exchange System has opened a new retail exchange in the Greenbrier retail corridor in Chesapeake Virginia. The 43,000-square-foot store is located at 1589 Crossways Blvd. in the location previously occupied by Circuit City. The exchange offers a … Continued
The Fifth Coast Guard District commander has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operating schedule of the Berkley Bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River at Norfolk, Va., at the request of the Virginia Department … Continued
The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Hampton Roads advises all local mariners and vessel operators that scheduled repairs to the Gilmerton Lift Bridge fendering system will result in restricted operation October 2 through 12. The repairs will replace … Continued