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

CRS report takes a hard look at challenges facing USCG

AUGUST 1, 2017 — Ever increasing safety and environmental regulatory demands put pressures not only on vessel owners and operators, but also on enforcement agencies — including the U.S. Coast Guard. This

Unified Command lifts sunken towing vessel

JULY 18, 2017 — A Unified Command yesterday lifted the sunken towing vessel Eric Haney at mile marker 9.7 on the Upper Mississippi River near Cairo, Illinois, Monday. The Unified Command consists

USCG responds to towing vessel grounding

MAY 23, 2017 — Coast Guard crews responded to an uninspected towing vessel taking on water prior to running aground in the Calcasieu Ship Channel, early Monday morning. At 3:45 a.m., the

Senate committee passes 2018 Coast Guard reauthorization

MAY 19, 2017 — The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation yesterday passed S. 1129, the 2018 Coast Guard reauthorization act by voice vote. Among other things it authorizes the Coast

Drone helps cutter make major drug seizures

MAY 9, 2017 — When the USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752) left its home port in Alameda, CA, earlier this year, it became the first U.S. Coast Guard cutter to deploy fully equipped with

Injured crew members airlifted from Tamar

APRIL 26, 2017 — The Coast Guard reports that two surviving crew members of the bulk-carrier Tamar explosion (see earlier story) were medevaced at approximately 4:30 a.m., by a Portuguese aircrew along

OPCs to have advanced Auxiliary Propulsion Systems

APRIL 17, 2015 — Leonardo DRS, Inc., Arlington, VA, reports that it has been awarded a contract by Eastern Shipbuilding to provide hybrid electric drive systems for the U.S. Coast Guard’s new

Zukunft makes plea to fund USCG as an armed service

MARCH 17, 2017 — U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft yesterday delivered the 2017 State of the Coast Guard Address at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. And, in light

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