Op-Ed: Addressing cyber threats to maritime

By Andrew R. Lee & Jim Kearns, Jones Walker LLP In fall 2022, our firm published a survey of 125 senior leaders at U.S. ports and terminals that gave insight into the

Chicago Propeller Club president-elect Chris Carr:

Chicago Propeller Club is back in action again

Vowing to ramp up awareness of Chicago’s “underestimated” maritime status, the Chicago Propeller Club is rechartering this month after a 15 year hiatus. The club staged its first sold-out event of 2024

FRC at pierside

As Congress dithers on FRC spending, Bollinger delivers another

Bollinger Shipyards recently delivered the USCGC David Duren to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 182nd vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a

GAO report looks at MARAD sfinancial assistance programs.

GAO: USCG needs to act further on sexual assault and harassment

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that while the U.S. Coast Guard has taken actions to address sexual assault and harassment (SASH) it has not developed a plan

Captain Alex prior to fishboat sinking

Did hull plating deterioration lead to Captain Alex flooding and sinking?

Uncontrolled flooding through a hole in the plating beneath the engine room of the 1996-built fishing vessel Captain Alex led to its sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Transportation Safety

Stowaway migrants were transferred to CBP custody

12 migrant stowaways interdicted on barge headed into San Juan

U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection have apprehended 12 stowaway migrants in a response that began at 8.43 a.m Saturday, Nov. 25, when watchstanders at Sector San Juan received notification

First Heritage-class OPC launches

VIDEO: Eastern Shipbuilding launches USCG’s first Heritage-class OPC

Eastern Shipbuilding Group christened and launched USCGC Argus (WMSM-915), the U.S. Coast Guard’s first Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), in an October 27 ceremony held at its Nelson St. Shipyard in Panama

Titan submersible end cap

USCG recovers more human remains from Titan submersible wreck site

Marine safety engineers with the Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) recovered and transferred remaining Titan submersible debris and evidence from the North Atlantic Ocean seafloor, October 4. Additional presumed human

Maine State Ferry vessel rudder following groinding

“No significant damage” in Maine State Ferry grounding

The Maine State Ferry Service (MSFS) says that an initial inspection showed that the hull of its ferry Captain Richard G. Spear was not significantly damaged during an August 16 grounding incident.

tugboat sinks

Push tug sinks off South Carolina

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston reported yesterday that the USCG and partner agencies were responding to a 59-foot push tug that sank Tuesday night approximately three miles off North Myrtle Beach, South

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