Tag: USCG

The US Coast Guard published its Maritime Health & Wellness journal, highlighting importance of health and wellness for mariners because they are essential to the safety, security, and efficiency of the marine transportation system.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche arrived at Yokosuka, Japan on September 23, after combatting a shipboard engineering fire on September 20, during a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet’s area of operations.

The Coast Guard’s Office of Operating and Environmental Standards has published a final Policy Letter concerning the use of multiple Independent Laboratories for evaluating Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS).

The US Coast Guard has published Marine Safety Information Bulletin 13-20 – (Change 1) “Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Operations – Change 1” to update temporary exemptions to credential expiration related to COVID-19. 

The USCG Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance published Work Instruction CVC-WI-018(1), "Laid up Inspected/Examined Vessels", outlining the process of laying up inspected and examined commercial vessels to provide greater consistency and continuity between Captain of the Port Zones. 

The US Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued the 35th USCG Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to oneTank, LLC after a detailed review of the manufacturer’s type approval application determined the system met the requirements of 46 CFR 162.060.

Following a natural gas release approximately three miles offshore of Corpus Christi, Texas on September 1st 2020, Texas General Land Office and United States Coast Guard joined forces to shut it down.

Merchant mariner credentials, both national and STCW, that expire between 1 March 2020 and 30 September 2020, are extended to 31 March 2021, the US Coast Guard announced. 

A total of four crew members were recovered dead from the dredger Waymon L Boyd, after the vessel suffered fire at the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday. In the morning hours of Friday, USCG Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received reports from witnesses describing a fire in the Port of Corpus Christi.

USCG released revisions to its Ballast Water Management (BWM) Reporting Form, which replaces all previous versions and the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse (NBIC) will no longer accept older versions of the form.