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The US Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board signed an updated MoU on 17 June 2021, aiming to institutionalize best practices developed during recent joint investigations including El Faro, Strech Duck 7, Golden Ray, and Conception. 

The US Coast Guard shared inspection guidance for Officers in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI), Chiefs of Inspection Division (CID), and Marine Inspectors for the small passenger vessels (SPV) risk-based inspection program.

The US Coast Guard officially welcomed Adm. Linda L. Fagan as the first female four-star Admiral in the service, during a military change-of-watch ceremony held Friday at USCG headquarters.

All Panamanian-flagged vessels transiting or visiting Panamanian ports, prior to their arrival to the US, must conduct a Flag Annual Safety Inspection (ASI) as soon as they arrive at any port or terminal in Panama, the Maritime Authority announced.

Less than a month after the USCG revealed plans to refloat the ill-fated liftboat Seacor Power, the operation has become more challenging with salvage crews reporting that the wreck has rotated and that the hull has separated from the superstructure.

The US Coast Guard issued Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MISB) 02-21 Change 2, announcing it will no longer enforce mask requirements in outdoor areas of maritime transportation conveyances and hubs, in line with an amended Order issued by the CDC.

In 2020, US Coast Guard Marine Inspectors conducted 18,414 inspections on US-flagged vessels and identified 27,087 deficiencies, resulting in 63 Flag State detentions, according to the USCG 2020 Flag State Control Domestic Annual Report.

The US Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued its 43rd BWMS Type Approval Certificate to UK-based manufacturer Evoqua Water Technologies Limited.

The US Coast Guard issued two policy letters providing updated guidance for Officers in Charge, Marine Inspection with respect to harbor assist towing beyond the boundary line and use of doublers on Subchapter M towing vessels. 

In its annual PSC report for 2020 released earlier in May, the US Coast Guard noted greater foreign vessel compliance with ballast water management (BWM) regulations contained in 33 Code of Federal Regulations Part 151, recording a total of 108 BWM deficiencies onboard foreign vessels visiting ports in the US in 2020.