Bollinger delivers FRC 10

JUNE 26, 2014 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the Raymond Evans, the tenth Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. “We are extremely proud to announce the delivery

South Korea will “dismantle” Coast Guard

MAY 19, 2013 — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea today made a televised “heartfelt apology” for having failed to prevent the sinking of the ferry Sewol on April 16 and for

Used fake mariner license, gets seven years prison

MAY 7, 2014 — A Coast Guard investigation has led to the sentencing of a man to seven years in prison for offenses that included piloting commercial ships on the Great Lakes

Ingalls Shipbuilding launches NSC 5

MAY 6, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Pascagoula, MS, launched the U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter James (WMSL 754) on Saturday. Ingalls’ launch process moves the ship

MPT’s Amy Beavers appointed MERPAC Vice Chair

APRIL 17, 2014 — Amy Beavers, Vice President of Regulatory Compliance at Maritime Professional Training, Fort Lauderdale, FL, has been appointed by RADM Joseph Servidio, USCG, to the position of Vice Chair

USCG issue Port Security Advisory for Libya

APRIL 2, 2014 – The U.S. Coast Guard yesterday issued an updated Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Libya. It comes not too long after the incident in which U.S. Navy SEALS took

USCG places $497 million order for NSC 7

APRIL 1, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a fixed-price incentive firm target contract valued at approximately $497 million to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for production of the seventh National

Bollinger delivers ninth FRC

MARCH 28, 2014 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the Kathleen Moore, the ninth Fast Response Cutter (FRC). The Coast Guard took delivery today in Key West, FL, where it is scheduled

American Queen Steamboat to christen second vessel

MARCH 15, 2014 – American Queen Steamboat Company, Memphis, TN, will christen its second vessel, the 223-passenger American Empress, on April 5 in Portland, OR. Claudette Waggoner, wife of American Queen Steamboat

Zukunft tapped as next USCG Commandant

MARCH 4, 2014 — In an all hands email to DHS personnel last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that President Obama plans to nominate Vice Adm. Paul F.

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