Tag: USCG Alerts

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.

As the Microsoft released software fixes to address 49 vulnerabilities, the U.S. Coast Guard alerts maritime stakeholders and operators to address those recently-identified security flaws, in order to protect their business networks and servers, reducing the possibilities of a dangerous cyberattack.

The US Coast Guard Alaska issued a statement informing that Sector Anchorage watchstanders are having intermittent communications in a 3,745 square-mile area of Prince William Sound, Alaska, and may not be able to hear mariners on VHF-FM radio.

The Standard Club issued an alert focusing on the USCG that reconsidered its interpretation of 'next scheduled drydocking' with regard to extensions given under its ballast water management requirements in 33 CFR 151 Subparts C and D and is providing additional guidance on what constitutes entry into drydock and the end of an extension period.