JULY 24, 2014—The U.S. Coast Guard today exercised a contract option worth $255.1 million with Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, LA, for production of six more Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) and three sets
JULY 18, 2014 — The Coast Guard has safely transferred 114 people off a casino boat that ran aground and became stranded about two miles northeast of Tybee Island, GA, Wednesday. No
JULY 2, 2014—Commercial vessel operators and boaters operating in New York Harbor or just looking to get a good view of the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks, should be aware of the
JUNE 30, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division today received a $76.5 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase long-lead materials for the
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
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
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
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
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
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