VIDEO: Containership reports engineroom fire
A 4,888 TEU NYK Line containership was under tow Sunday after a Unified Command consisting of the Coast Guard, California and Resolve Marine responded following a report of an engineroom fire. The
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Ingalls starts fabrication of NSC 11
The Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) today marked the start of fabrication of the U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class national security cutter Friedman (NSC 11). The start of fabrication
VIDEO: Iranian boats flee after USN fires warning shots
U.S. 5th Fleet has released video of a further incident of harassment of U.S. naval vessels by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN). In this incident, more than a dozen IRGCN
USCG proposes to update electrical engineering regs
by Tom Ewing On April 22, the U.S. Coast Guard published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to update maritime electrical engineering (EE) regulations. The regulations impact design, construction and inspection of
Eastern Shipbuilding gets OPC program contract mods
In an action valued at $356.5 million, the Coast Guard last month modified its contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), giving the Panama City, Fla., shipyard the go ahead to begin construction
U.S. Navy vessel fires warning shots at IRGCN fast attack craft
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) continues to engage in potentially dangerous close approaches to U.S. vessels. Within weeks of the April 2 incident in which IRGCN vessels harassed two U.S.
SEACOR Power: Response focus is now on salvage
While the United Cajun Navy and other volunteers still continue to search for the seven still missing crew members from the fatal SEACOR Power lift boat capsize in which six crew members
VIDEO: Iranian vessels interfere with USCG patrol boats
The U.S. Navy today released photographs and video of an April 2 incident in which Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRCGN) vessels harassed two U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats. On April
Biden nominee Linda L. Fagan would be USCG’s first female 4-star admiral
President Biden has nominated Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan to serve as Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. If confirmed by the Senate, Fagan would serve as the first woman to
Bouchard Transportation pays $375,000 in restitution to whistleblower
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc. and three former and current management officials have paid $375,000 in restitution to a seaman whose brother was one of two