Coastguard in the news

Judges mull how to merge BP lawsuits
Stuff.co.nz
"There's a chance that that schedule can be accelerated," retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen told reporters in New Orleans. ...

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Auckland stuff.co.nz
Ball raises funds for coastguard
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Too long: Manukau Volunteer Coastguard's boat, Trusts Rescue, is 3 metres too long for the existing boatshed. FOUR men feared for their lives when their ...

Reuters
Surface Gulf oil clearing fast - scientists
Radio New Zealand
US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen says oil skimming crews are having trouble finding oil to clean up. The leak began on 20 April after an explosion and fire ...
Barge hits oil well, causes new leakNew Zealand Herald
Gulf cleanup will change once oil stops for good3News NZ
Outgoing BP chief has no regretsStuff.co.nz
TVNZ
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New Zealand Herald
Boat show sailing back on to city events calendar
The Bay of Plenty Times
A new wave of business confidence has seen Bay Events team up with Tauranga Coastguard to restore the Tauranga Boat and Leisure Show to its rightful place ...
Boat Show back in townSunLive

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3News NZ
100 days of oil: Gulf life will never be the same
3News NZ
Now, his life looks like this: Endless meetings with the Coast Guard. Endless arguments with federal officials and BP workers. ...

The Guardian
Blast hits Japan oil tanker near Iran
TVNZ
Oman's coastguard said there was no evidence of any attack on the tanker and instead cited an earthquake. "The boat was hit by a tremor ...we have no ...
Supertanker blast scare blamed on 'freak wave'TVNZ

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The Hindu
Barge hits oil well, causes new leak
New Zealand Herald
The Coast Guard said the towboat Pere Ana C was pushing the barge on Mud Lake when it hit the wellhead about 1 am No one was hurt. The towboat captain told ...
Oil spill: Crews work toward permanent fix3News NZ
Outgoing BP chief has no regretsStuff.co.nz

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Tony Hawyward to step down as BP CEO
3News NZ
The government's oil spill chief, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said in Washington on Monday that efforts to solidly seal BP's busted deep-sea well ...

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Globe and Mail
Officials in gulf and at BP resuming work on relief well
TopNews New Zealand
According to a Saturday statement by retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad W. Allen, the top official overseeing the oil spill response, the petering out of the ...
Storm heads for Gulf spill siteNew Zealand Herald
BP says relief well rig back at Gulf spill siteTVNZ
Ships head back to oil spillStuff.co.nz
Otago Daily Times -3News NZ -Southland Times
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The Guardian
BP's Hayward to get NZ$25m - report
New Zealand Herald
Completion of the relief well that is the best chance to permanently stop the oil now looks possible by mid-August, but retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, ...
BP set to replace CEO as cleanup resumesTVNZ
BP's Hayward set to step down - sourcesStuff.co.nz
BP denies CEO resignationMarlborough Express

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New Zealand Herald
BP says relief well rig back at Gulf spill site
TVNZ
... bottom of the relief well this week, BP will begin a "static kill" the first week of August, retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said at a briefing. ...
BP CEO Tony Hayward replaced over oil spill3News NZ

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Telegraph.co.uk
BP CEO Hayward to be replaced over spill: Official
3News NZ
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said officials will spend the next day determining how the small storm affected the area. Oil may have migrated north to ...
BP, Ready to Take Part of the BlameTopNews New Zealand
BP denies CEO resignationStuff.co.nz

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msnbc.com
BP, Ready to Take Part of the Blame
TopNews New Zealand
With the response crews rapidly leveling the operations back up, the US Coast Guard Commander Thad Allen said that the first step towards sealing the well ...
BP's Hayward to get NZ$25m - reportNew Zealand Herald
BP set to replace CEO as cleanup resumesTVNZ
BP's Hayward set to step down - sourcesStuff.co.nz
3News NZ -Marlborough Express
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Ships head back to oil spill as storm breezes by
Stuff.co.nz
Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral running the government's spill response, called it "very good news." But the setback was still significant. ...

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BP to resume spill work as storm eases
TVNZ
... all ships and rigs working to drill a relief well are expected to be back in place on Sunday, retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen told reporters. ...

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CBC.ca
Storm heads for Gulf spill site
New Zealand Herald
... robots monitoring the oil well would be among the last to leave, and may ride out the rough weather, retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said. ...
BP says relief well rig back at Gulf spill siteTVNZ
Ships head back to oil spill as storm breezes byStuff.co.nz
Storm forces evacuation of response vessels at the BP oil-spill siteTopNews New Zealand
3News NZ -Otago Daily Times
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Reuters India
Storm forces evacuation of response vessels at the BP oil-spill site
TopNews New Zealand
... of Mexico had forced the evacuation of response vessels, thereby stalling the ongoing efforts to seal the oil well, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, ...
Key ships ordered to leave spill site before stormOtago Daily Times

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One-Third of Closed Gulf Fishing Area To Reopen
Newsroom America
Since mid-June, NOAA data have shown no oil in the area, and United States Coast Guard observers flying over the area in last 30 days have also not observed ...

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Ships evacuate spill site as tropical storm nears
Stuff.co.nz
But retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said he's confident the cap will hold, despite a few leaks that raised concerns last week. ...

Stuff.co.nz
Best family-friendly getaways
Stuff.co.nz
An oak tree grows up through the middle of Charter Oak while the Helicopter interior is based around a real coastguard chopper. 3. ...

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