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The crew of Coast Guard Station San Diego, the 'Sea Otter' and the 'David Duren' apprehended 18 migrants in two separate interdictions off the coast of San Diego on April 13, 2025. At 6:50 p.m., a boat of the USCG Station San Diego intercepted a 25-foot cuddy cabin style vessel carrying eight people, among them five adult males and three adult females, all claiming Mexican nationality, approximately seven miles south of Point Loma. At 7:27 p.m., the 'Sea Otter' and the 'David Duren' interdicted an 18-foot cuddy cabin style vessel with 10 people on board, among them one female adult claiming South Korean nationality, four male and two female adults claiming Mexican nationality and three additional males with no identification, approximately 10 miles west of Point Loma. All 18 people were taken into custody by the Coast Guard and transferred to U.S. Border Patrol personnel.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will convene a public board meeting on April 15 to determine what caused the fire aboard the 'Grande Costa D’Avorio' that claimed the lives of two firefighters in Newark, New Jersey. on July 5, 2023. It had started when a pusher vehicle operated by shoreside workers caught fire while loading cars on an interior garage deck. The situation turned tragic when two land-based firefighters became disoriented in the smoke-filled decks and died. Six additional emergency responders sustained injuries during the response operations. The local fire department responding to the incident had little to no maritime firefighting training, experience, or familiarization with cargo ships of any type, according to preliminary findings from the ongoing Coast Guard investigation.

The crew of Coast Guard Station San Diego, the 'Sea Otter' and the 'David Duren' apprehended 18 migrants in two separate interdictions off the coast of San Diego on April 13, 2025. At 6:50 p.m., a boat of the USCG Station San Diego intercepted a 25-foot cuddy cabin style vessel carrying eight people, among them five adult males and three adult females, all claiming Mexican nationality, approximately seven miles south of Point Loma. At 7:27 p.m., the 'Sea Otter' and the 'David Duren' interdicted an 18-foot cuddy cabin style vessel with 10 people on board, among them one female adult claiming South Korean nationality, four male and two female adults claiming Mexican nationality and three additional males with no identification, approximately 10 miles west of Point Loma. All 18 people were taken into custody by the Coast Guard and transferred to U.S. Border Patrol personnel.

On April 14, the 'Glen Sannox', serving on the route Troon-Brodick, suffered a control issue with the passenger lifts with only one lift remaining in operation. This had to be controlled by a crew member. The issue was expected have an effect on the turn around times of the ferry at the port. The issue has not yet been resolved as of April 15.

The 'Margaret Norvell' was among the units of the US Coast Guard, which searched for five missing people from a suspected failed smuggling venture on April 13, 2025,, approximately 29 miles off the St. Lucie Inlet. An Air Station Miami aircrew had rescued four people and transported them to local emergency medical services at Stuart Airport. One more was recovered dead, three suffered non-life threatening injuries and one has serious injuries. After the rescue, a survivor reported the vessel had departed Bimini with nine people on board on Aprl 11, and it had capsized on the early morning of Apil 12. The area was searched by air and sea for approximately seven hours, covering more than 1,240 square miles, before the operation was supsended. Besides the 'Margaret Norvell', the Coast Guard Stations Lake Worth Inlet and Fort Pierce , the Coast Guard Air Stations Miami and Clearwater, the Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations, the Homeland Security Investigations, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Martin County Sheriff's Office and the Martin County Fire Rescue were involved. Reports with photo and video: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4153592/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-5-people-off-st-lucie-inlet/ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/coast-guard-suspends-search-5-211006273.html