Strait Of Belle Isle News

Ecospeed Applied on Several Fast-going Ferries, Enabling Optimum Hull Performance During Entire Service Life

Over the last couple of months several owners of fixed route passenger vessels have chosen Ecospeed as the preferred coating to protect their vessel’s underwater hull for its entire sailing life. Among the vessels coated with Ecospeed are the largest Ro-Pax ferry in the world, a newbuild ferry in Croatia, and one of the vessels that provides ferry services across the Delaware Bay on the East Coast of the United States. These vessels will all benefit greatly from the fuel optimizing possibilities Ecospeed offers…

This Day in Coast Guard History – August 27

1896-The crew of the Lifesaving Station at Fourth Cliff, Massachusetts, responded to a traffic accident in front of the station. A party of women had been driving by on a horse-drawn buggy when their horse fell, breaking a shaft and the harness. 1942-CGC Mojave rescued 293 men from the torpedoed transport SS Chatham in the Strait of Belle Isle. 1999- A boarding team from the CGC Munro discovered 172 illegal Chinese migrants aboard the fishing vessel Chih Yung off the coast of Mexico. 2008-CGC Dallas, while deployed as part of the U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet, delivered 76,000 pounds of humanitarian relief supplies to the port of Bat'umi, Georgia after that country was attacked by Russia as part of "Operation Assured Delivery."  She was the second U.S.