Drugbusters: Coast Guard seizes $1 billion in cocaine
AUGUST 10, 2015—Today, the U.S. Coast Guard is expected to announce in San Diego, CA, record drug seizure rates as the crew of the Cutter Stratton offloads more than 66,000 pounds of
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Coast Guard captures cocaine-laden semi-submersible
AUGUST 7, 2015—The U.S. Coast Guard reports that it made it largest semi-submersible vessel drug bust yet on July 18, seizing more than 16,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
USCG updates policy guidance on casualty reporting
AUGUST 4, 2015 — Law firm Blank Rome says that vessel owners, operators and crew managers should review a recently published Coast Guard policy guidance on when a casualty report is and
Bollinger delivers FRC Heriberto Hernandez
JULY 30, 2015 — Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the Heriberto Hernandez, the 14th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. “We are very pleased to announce the delivery of the
Davie gets another Coast Guard job
JULY 10, 2015 — The Government of Canada has awarded Chantier Davie Canada, Inc., Lévis, Quebec a $16 million Vessel Life Extension (VLE) contract for the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS Henry
Overturned barge spills caustic soda into Mississippi
JULY 3, 2015 — U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans says it received a report of a collision between the two towing vessels, American Heritage and David G. Schert, near Vacherie, LA,
Mercury and Metal Shark to power cutter boats with diesels
MAY 26, 2015 — Fond du Lac, WI, headquartered Mercury Marine, the world’s leading manufacturer of recreational marine propulsion engines, has entered an agreement with Metal Shark Aluminum Boats to power 16
Former USCG admiral to be new CLIA President and CEO
MAY 20, 2015 — Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) reports that retired U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral Thomas P. Ostebo will join CLIA as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 6,
House passes bipartisan Coast Guard Authorization Act
MAY 19, 2015 – The House of Representatives yesterday unanimously approved the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1987). It authorizes Coast Guard and Federal Maritime Commission funding levels for two
Seaway navigation suspended after bulker grounding
APRIL 21, 2015 — The Coast Guard is responding to a 621-foot bulk carrier which ran aground in the vicinity of Wellesley Island, in the St. Lawrence River, New York, Monday. Vessel