DATE: October 19, 2009 5:38:01 PM CDT
Coast Guard joins river partners in PORTS launching

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Date: Oct. 19, 2009

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 Coast Guard joins river, federal partners in PORTS launching

Photograph of: U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen (left), commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, speaks during the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Lower Mississippi River Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System as Dr. Jane Lubchenco (right), NOAA administrator; and Chris Bonura, communications manager, Port of New Orleans, look on. PORTS is a series of instruments which monitor and broadcast observations such as river currents, bridge clearances and wind. Used in conjunction with NOAA nautical charts and U.S. Coast Guard aids to navigation, PORTS has proven to reduce groundings and other incidents throughout the United States.

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen (left), commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, speaks during the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Lower Mississippi River Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System as Dr. Jane Lubchenco (right), NOAA administrator; and Chris Bonura, communications manager, Port of New Orleans, look on. PORTS is a series of instruments which monitor and broadcast observations such as river currents, bridge clearances and wind. Used in conjunction with NOAA nautical charts and U.S. Coast Guard aids to navigation, PORTS has proven to reduce groundings and other incidents throughout the United States. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.

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Photograph of: U. S. Coast Guard Capt. Edward Stanton (center), commander, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, accepts a key to National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Lower Mississippi River Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System from Michael Szabados (left), director of NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services as Adm. Thad Allen, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard looks on. PORTS is a series of instruments which monitor and broadcast observations such as river currents, bridge clearances and wind. Used in conjunction with NOAA nautical charts and U.S. Coast Guard aids to navigation, PORTS has proven to reduce groundings and other incidents throughout the United States.
NEW ORLEANS – U. S. Coast Guard Capt. Edward Stanton (center), commander, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, accepts a key to National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Lower Mississippi River Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System from Michael Szabados (left), director of NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services as Adm. Thad Allen, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard looks on. PORTS is a series of instruments which monitor and broadcast observations such as river currents, bridge clearances and wind. Used in conjunction with NOAA nautical charts and U.S. Coast Guard aids to navigation, PORTS has proven to reduce groundings and other incidents throughout the United States. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.

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