Tag: USCG

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.

Air and surface rescue crews at US Coast Guard Sector San Juan responded and assisted the distressed M/V Island Express, after the ship started taking on water when it departed the Port of San Juan for storm avoidance in anticipation of Tropical Cyclone 9.

The US Coast Guard Waterways Policies and Activities Division highlighted the impacts of on-water mass gatherings to the public and Maritime Transportation System (MTS).

The US Coast Guard issued an alert for mariners and ports in the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico due to gale force winds, and then responded to a distress call from a ro-ro cargo ship that was reportedly taking on water.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) published a marine notice concerning the protection of operational technologies and control systems to highlight the importance of vigilance against cyber threats.

USCG issued a Safety Alert is to emphasize the importance of properly installed and maintained listed or certified safe electrical equipment in hazardous areas in order to reduce the risk of fire or explosion onboard vessels.

In 2009, USCG determined that Madagascar was not maintaining effective antiterrorism measures in its ports with the exception of the port of Toamasina. Hence, USCG now issued Port Security Advisory 1-20 naming the countries that are not maintaining effective antiterrorism measures and clarifying exceptions in each case.