Golden Ray: Cutting operations resume with extra bite

The Unified Command (the Coast Guard, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and Gallagher Marine Systems) working on the salvage of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray reports that the process of cutting

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GAO report sees risks in USCG’s Offshore Patrol Cutter program

A new GAO (Government Accountability Office) report into the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program is critical of several aspects of the acquisition strategy and makes eight recommendations that, it

USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

Knutsen BWMS gains USCG Type Approval

The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center has issued the 38th U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to Knutsen Ballast Water AS after a detailed review of the manufacturer’s

Deadly dive boat fire: NTSB seeks major small passenger boat safety improvements

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday, October 20, called for major safety improvements to small passenger vessels after its investigation of a 2019 California dive boat fire that killed 34

USCG responds to Galveston vessel fire

The Coast Guard responded to a vessel fire Saturday near the Houston Ship Channel entrance in Galveston, Texas. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders were notified at 8:37 a.m. by the

Coast Guard cutter crew battles shipboard fire

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) arrived at Yokosuka, Japan, today after combating a shipboard engineering fire on September 20, during a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet’s area

USCG exercises $222 million four-ship FRC contract option at Bollinger

The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a contract option, worth just over $222 million, for production of four more Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRCs) and associated deliverables with Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport,

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Senators seek to increase USCG Great Lakes icebreaking

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) have introduced the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act. The bipartisan legislation aims to codify the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking mission

VIDEO: Latest USCG national security cutter completes sea trials

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has successful completed builder’s sea trials of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest national security cutter, Stone (WMSL 758). The ship spent

USCG authorizes IRClass as Recognized Organization

Classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has gained U.S. Coast Guard authorization as a Recognized Organization. The recognition delegates authority to IRClass to undertake statutory survey and certification services on U.S.

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