U.S. and Russia propose new Bering Strait two way routes

JANUARY 26, 2018 — In response to increased Arctic shipping traffic, the United States and Russian Federation have proposed a system of two-way routes for vessels to follow in the Bering Strait

VIDEO: U.S., Canada forces battling “drug subs”

JANUARY 26, 2018 — In its ongoing battle with drug smugglers, the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday offloaded more than 47,000 pounds of cocaine with a street value of over $721 million from

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.

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,

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