Over the past decades, the inland barge industry has become used to having to respond to Coast Guard regulations adapted from blue-water contexts and applied to the brown-water operating area,… Read More
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The Inland Marine Expo (IMX) session “Improving System Resiliency: Waterway Action Plans, Port Readiness and Cybersecurity” on May 24 focused on using information technology to improve the inland marine sector’s… Read More
A towing vessel’s fuel supply was so contaminated with water that it lost power recently, prompting the United States Coast Guard’s Office of Investigations and Analysis to issue a Marine… Read More
The Coast Guard will no longer charge inspection fees for towing vessels using the Towing Safety Management System (TSMS) option for documenting Subchapter M compliance. The Coast Guard issued a… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden nominated Adm. Linda Fagan to serve as 27th commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and become the first woman to serve in that position. Fagan currently… Read More
The Coast Guard announced in the Federal Register that it is seeking public input regarding the modification of the chart and navigational equipment carriage requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations. Read More
Each year, the Coast Guard participates in a New Orleans Carnival tradition by transporting the King of Zulu and his entourage from the Port of New Orleans administrative building to… Read More
Hinds Community College in Vicksburg, Miss., hosted a Who Works the Rivers (WWR) career discovery day February 11, with about 150 high school juniors and seniors from five area schools… Read More
Five allisions on the Ohio River between February 5 and 8 damaged barges but caused no injuries or pollution. After four allisions in a 48-hour period, the Coast Guard issued… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Two key congressional committees kicked off their new year with same-day hearings on a 2022 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), and the commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
