Tag: USCG

The Chief engineer of a bulker pled guilty and was sentenced on 24 January for MARPOL violations and for obstructing proceedings.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) emphasizes the critical need for hazard awareness and proper marking of hazardous zones following a recent marine incident involving a tri-fueled vessel that resulted in severe injuries to crewmembers.

The motor vessel Algoma Verity has been successfully refloated and is now moored at Tioga Marine Terminal on the Delaware River, about two miles north of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.

The U.S. Coast Guard and partners responded to the grounding of a bulker in the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in the Delaware River on 9 January.

Following a recent investigation that identified the failure of the Pilothouse Alerter System as a key contributing factor, the USCG issued a Safety Alert to highlight important recommendations and significant safety risks.

In a recent Safety Alert, USCG shares lessons learned for the investigation of the major marine casualty, which was conducted in parallel with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and reveals numerous safety issues, including concerns with the vessel’s control system configuration.

Five crewmembers were rescued from the Mississippi River after their vessel collided with a bulker on 29 December.

USCG Incident Management pollution responders from Sector San Juan responded to an oil spill San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico.

New VHF marine radios are now displaying four-digit channel numbers in place of the older two-digit channel number ending with the letter “A”, to better harmonized U.S. use of VHF maritime mobile band with international use of the band, the USCG informed in a recent alert.

Gremex Shipping pleaded guilty and was sentenced for falsifying records to the USCG regarding illegal discharge of oily bilge waste.