USCG assists tugs beset by ice in Hudson River
JANUARY 2, 2018 — As winter weather continues to plunge the northeastern U.S. into the deep freeze, the Coast Guard has been assisting two vessels beset by ice in the Hudson River.
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Fishing vessel cited for having “paper captain”
JANUARY 2, 2018 — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry (WPC 1124), a 154-foot Fast Response Cutter homeported in Honolulu, recently completed a 10-day patrol of the U.S. Exclusive Economic
Eastern Shipbuilding will use FORAN for OPC build
NOVEMBER 15, 2017 — Spanish engineering and technology group SENER reports that Panama City, FL-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) will use its FORAN shipbuilding CAD/CAM/CAE system to build the new class of
Mysteries of the NVDC revealed — a little
NOVEMBER 14, 2017 — A veil has been at least partially lifted from one of the greatest mysteries of all time: How the Coast Guard’s National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) arrives at
Navy, USCG issue Draft RFP for Polar icebreaker
OCTOBER 30, 2017—The U.S. Navy in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard under its Integrated Program Office, recently took the next step and released a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the
USCG deployed electronic Aids to Navigation prior to Irma
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 — The United States Coast Guard established electronic Aids to Navigation (eATON) around critical U.S. waterways in Hurricane Irma’s forecasted track prior to the storm’s arrival. Prior to the
USCG sets port condition X-ray for South Florida ports
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 — Effective 12 p.m. today, the Coast Guard captain of the port (COTP) set port condition X-ray for Port Miami, Miami River, Port Everglades, Port of Palm Beach, Port
Ports preparing for Hurricane Irma
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017—Ports in the Caribbean and Southeast U.S. are bracing for the impact of Hurricane Irma. For example, Port Everglades, one of the world’s busiest cruise ports accommodating 3.4 million passengers,
USCG continues post-Harvey port assessments
AUGUST 31, 2017 — Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender homeported in Galveston, Texas, continued to inspect and reposition buoys beset by Hurricane Harvey, Thursday. The
Ferry jumper hit with $2,500 USCG civil penalty
AUGUST 29, 2017 — Coast Guard Sector Northern New England has issued a notice of violation for a $2,500 civil penalty to an individual who jumped off a Casco Bay Lines vessel