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Coast Guard Removes Hazardous Channel Markers from Waterway

Diver Projects Between Ship Bottom and Beach Haven

By Gina G. Scala | on June 25, 2020

By Gina G. Scala

In just 32 hours spanning a four-day period, the U.S. Coast Guard removed and replaced four out of six dangerous aids to navigation channel markers in the Intracoastal Waterway off Long Beach Island. One channel marker was left in place after it was found to be sturdy enough to guide mariners, while another marker wasn’t slated to be inspected for […]

Coast Guard Taking Closer Look at Six Channel Markers off LBI as Dive Operations Begin

By Gina G. Scala | on June 19, 2020

By Gina G. Scala

The U.S. Coast Guard will begin removing and replacing 15 damaged aids to navigation channel markers in the Intracoastal Waterway off Long Beach Island June 20. Six of them are south of the Causeway to the Island. The ICW is the 3,000-mile inland waterway running from Boston south along the Atlantic seaboard, around the southern tip of Florida and around […]

Coast Guard Identifies Damaged Channel Markers in Inspection South of LBI Causeway

By Gina G. Scala | on May 21, 2020

By Gina G. Scala

Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard inspected channel markers in the Intracoastal Waterway off Long Beach Island from the Causeway to Beach Haven, setting additional aids to navigation where appropriate.  The ICW is a 3,000-mile inland waterway running from Boston south along the Atlantic seaboard, around the southern tip of Florida and around the Gulf Coast to […]