Tag: USCG Alerts

The effects of water and other contaminants in fuel systems can be detrimental to the operation of any vessel, USCG warned and issued a Safety Alert with key recommendations.

Following an extreme weather event with a Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) conducting well operations in the Gulf of Mexico, USCG and BSEE issued a joint Safety Alert to share lessons learned and highlight to operators the importance of suspending all well operations and crew changes safely when  extreme weather plans are initiated.

United States Coast Guard (USCG) issued a marine safety alert on the importance of verifying the correct arrangements of handhold stanchions at the embarkation gate.

USCG released a Marine Safety Alert to notify mariners for a potentially dangerous situation involving incorrect wire rope terminations.

The United States Coast Guard issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin with an update on the Hurricane Ida situation.

USCG issued a Safety Alert addressing the importance of verifying the condition and manufacturing of wire rope terminations.

Coast Guard Cyber Command issued a marine notice focusing on recent cyber threats to the Marine Transportation System.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, USCG issued a marine bulletin in order to provide updates regarding the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) operations amid the outbreak.

USCG issued a marine bulletin to alert vessel response plan (VRP) holders operating within Oregon and Washington federal navigable waterways, of structural changes to the area contingency planning construct and physical location of applicable Area Contingency Plans (ACPs).

The Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis recently issued a Marine Safety Alert, focusing on the dangers related with improper tank cleaning and gas freeing operations. Following several investigations upon a tanker barge which exploded during cargo tank cleaning , USCG provides its recommendations to avoid such incidents.