Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a Coast Guard authorization measure that key supporters said would set a framework for national ballast water discharge rules. Passed by a vote of… Read More
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The U.S. Coast Guard announced November 8 that the agency has opened a formal investigation into the October 12 allision of a barge-mounted crane and the LA 70/Sunshine Bridge over… Read More
Last week, we reported on the Jones Walker survey on maritime cyber risks that made this point: “The U.S. maritime industry is not prepared for future cyber-attacks.” In the blue-water… Read More
FLIR Systems Inc., Wilsonville, Ore., announced October 16 that it has been awarded a contract from the Department of Homeland Security in support of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Second-Generation Automatic… Read More
Lt. Cmdr. Takila Powell has been with the Coast Guard since 2002. Before she arrived back in the Investigations Department of District 8 in New Orleans in June (where she… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump touted his administration’s “historic and unprecedented effort to remove job-killing regulations.” “We’re lifting the crushing federal burdens on farmers, ranchers, factory workers, energy producers and businesses… Read More
Less than two years since it began helping tug and barge operator Ivy Marine become one of the first companies to achieve compliance with new Subchapter M rules, Alabama-based Tug… Read More
On September 18, the Coast Guard released a revised policy letter, CG-CVC Policy Letter 17-02, Change-2, that credits external vessel audits conducted within three years prior to the issuance of… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump signed a minibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2019, citing its roughly $7 billion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to address “crumbling ports and… Read More
The maritime industry has seen a decline in reportable incidents, including a 24 percent decline in towing vessel incidents in 2017 over 2016, according to a recent safety report. The… Read More
