Tag: USCG

Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna Duffy, became the fourth active female surfman in USCG, after receiving the surfman designation, the highest certification in US Coast Guard small boat operation, which allows rescue boat coxswains to operate in extreme weather and sea conditions.

The US Coast Guard issued a reminder on the MARPOL Annex VI amendment, regarding the implementation of an exemption for ships not intended for service within North American ECA, to be allowed to enter and depart the ECA with an IMO Tier II compliant engine. The amendment is entering into force on 1 January 2019.

The US Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a report about a Magellan owned platform on fire and launched a Coast Guard Station Port Aransas 45-foot Response Boast-Medium boat crew to the area. After the response boat arrived on scene, the crew established a 200-yard safety zone.

The US Coast Guard Office of Navigation Systems and NOAA Office of Coast Survey will incorporate the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea and the Inland Navigation Rules into NOAA’s US Coast Pilot publications. The US Coast Pilot publications already include the Coast Guard’s Vessel Traffic Service regulations.

The US Coast Guard Marine Safety Center received its ninth application for Ballast Water Management System type approval for the BALPURE Ballast Water Management System manufactured by De Nora Water Technologies.

The US Coast Guard informed that it responded to a report, regarding an oil spill, after petroleum product was released into the Black River in Lorain, Ohio, earlier this week. Namely, a total of 20 gallons of mixed petroleum products were released, which includes hydraulic and waste oils. Namely, a total of 20 gallons of mixed petroleum products were released, which includes hydraulic and waste oils.

At the morning of the same day, US Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet received a notification from the Palm Beach Police Department, regarding two people being swept into the water at the Lake Worth Inlet. A Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet 33-foot Special Purpose Craft Law-Enforcement crew was then launched.

The US Coast Guard informed that it is currently responding to a report of a sunken towing vessel at mile marker 832 of Everett Lake near Dyersburg, Tennessee, on Tuesday, March 6. Watchstanders at US Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River received a report, informing them that the motor vessel "Ms Nancy C", was in the process of building a tow at a fleeting area when it started taking on water.

The US Navy in collaboration with the US Coast Guard, released a request for proposal on March 2, 2018, for the design of the USCG's heavy polar icebreaker, with options for detail design and construction for up to three HPIBs. A single contract award will be made in 2019.

The US Coast Guard issued a bulletin concerning the continuing problem of inadequate deck water spray systems on LNG carriers, noting that inadequate coverage of the required areas by the deck water spray system is one of top three deficiencies identified during Certificate of Compliance exams on these ships.