Coast Guard now has two four-star admirals
JUNE 1, 2015 — Charles D. Michel, vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, was promoted to the rank of admiral in a ceremony at Coast Guard Headquarters today. Following passage of
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Senate bills fund ten Navy, six USCG ships
MAY 27, 2016 — The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday approved the FY2017 Defense Appropriations Bill and the FY2017 Homeland Security Bill. The defense bill recommends $20.5 billion for Navy shipbuilding, an increase
USCG issues warning on electrical deficiencies
MARCH 23, 2016 — Due to an increase in reported electrical deficiencies on commercial vessels, the U.S. Coast Guard District 9 (Great Lakes) is warning commercial vessel owners to inspect their vessels’
Responders extinguish Bayou Sorrel platform fire
MARCH 16, 2015 — The Coast Guard reports that responders have extinguished a fire that broke out Tuesday on an oil production platform in Berry Lake Canal in Bayou Sorrel, Iberville Parish,
VIDEO: Argentine Coast Guard sinks Chinese trawler
MARCH 16,2016 — An Argentine Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina) patrol vessel, the GC- 28 Prefecto Derbes, has fired on and sunk a Chinese flag vessel, the Lu Yan Yuan Yu 010,
Bollinger delivers Fast Response Cutter USCGC Donald Horsley
MARCH 8, 2016 — Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCG cutter Donald Horsley, the 17th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. Each FRC is named for an enlisted
Senators introduce icebreaker bill
MARCH 7, 2016 — U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Patty Murray (D-WA) have introduced the bipartisan Coast Guard Icebreaker Recapitalization Act. The legislation would authorize $150 million for
Ballast water reporting rule set to take effect
FEBRUARY 19, 2015 — The U.S. Coast Guard is reminding shipowners and operators that the final rule amending the ballast water management reporting and record keeping requirements, published on November 24, 2015,
Nordbay has a bad day
FEBRUARY 3, 2016 — The Coast Guard yesterday responded to a vessel allision at mile marker 104.3 on the Mississippi River near New Orleans. The 116,104 dwt, 2007-built Cyprus flagged tanker Nordbay
North Carolina ferry in grounding incident
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 — The North Carolina Department of Transportation says that at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, the Ferry Division vessel M/V Roanoke ran soft aground on its way