U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard - Mon March 02, 2026

Coast Guard Awards $200M Contract to Rebuild Station

The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Jan. 14, 2026, that it awarded a $200 million design-build contract to The Haskell Co. for the comprehensive recapitalization and expansion of Coast Guard Station South Padre Island in South Padre Island, Texas....

United States Coast Guard - Wed October 15, 2025

Whiting-Turner Wins Base Seattle Modernization Contract

The Coast Guard's Facilities Design and Construction Center (FDCC) awarded a contract on Aug. 27, 2025, to The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. for the first phase of work that will ultimately result in homeporting future polar security cutters (PSC) at Base Seattle in Seattle, Wash....

Cape Gazette & Lighthousefriends.com - Tue September 09, 2025

Plans Under Way to Restore Delaware Bay's 138-Year-Old Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse

After the structure sat virtually untouched for nearly two decades, the owner of the Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse in Delaware Bay is reigniting an effort to restore the historic beacon that sits approximately 3.5 mi....

WTOC-TV & CEG - Tue February 08, 2022

U.S. Coast Guard Has Begun Construction of New Facility Near Savannah, Ga.

In the spring of 2023, a new and advanced U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) facility will be opened on historic Tybee Island, near Savannah, Ga. The $30 million project will be an update and expansion of a much older building currently used by the Coast Guard station....

Mon December 10, 2018

Officials Ask Coast Guard to End Opening of Portal Bridge During Rush Hour

Following a series of malfunctions of the 100-year-old Portal Bridge, which has created horrendous delays for tens of thousands of commuters, U.S. Sen.Bob Menendez, Sen. Cory Booker and Gov. Phil Murphy called on the head of the United States Coast Guard to immediately cease openings of the bridge for maritime traffic during rush hours....

Tue October 10, 2017

Corpus Christi Port Reopens

Post Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts continue at Port Corpus Christi following the Category 4 Hurricane's devastating strike to the Texas Coast. The full 47-ft. (MLLW) draft of the ship channel is open to vessels, and the daylight only transit restriction was removed....